AGARTALA, Feb 17 (TIWN): Amid ongoing controversy over his Nepal, Sri Lanka linked comment, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb is now getting fresh trolls for his another bizarre remark. Chief Minister Biplab Deb was addressing at Tripura University on February 16 on the occasion of Saraswati puja and Hostel building foundation stone laying programme when said so. CM said, "A State can be known for its University's name. If London like city is known for Cambridge University and Harvard University, then why Tripura University can not be landmark for the State ? Tripura University has the potentiality like those Universities"

"There is nothing to be felt insecure and there is no reason to believe that other state's professors know better than Tripura University professors. Infact people of Tripura also know many things", Deb added.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmwIcSKttzM&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2qgb23DMIcpTsr05rHk9YmSCjZJsWYSt1FucFRxk2c8Rg4cp6A0vFZXKA TIWN YouTube Link, Biplab Deb's statement

Harvard University, oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the nation's most prestigious. Cambridge University although in U.K. but it's around 50 km away from London.