AGARTALA, Aug 19 (TIWN): BJP and Congress parties have paid tribute to Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Bahadur on Wednesday on his 112th birth anniversary.

Whereas BJP claimed that no political party before BJP gave much honour to the King, Congress on the other side has blamed both previous Left Govt and incumbent BJP Party for not keeping the heritage of the state maintained.

Congress State President Pijush Biswas asked the State BJP Govt to make the cleanliness maintained. BJP State President Dr Manik Saha alleged, Ex-CM Manik Sarkar never accepted that the Maharaja had contribution to the state.

Both MPs Rebati Tripura, Pratima Bhowmik paid tribute to the Late King.

Tripura has one Airport, Stadium, College and State University in Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya’s name.

Bir Bikram Kishore Debbarman Manikya Bahadur GBE KCSI was a king of Tripura State. He was succeeded by his son, Maharaja Kirit Bikram Kishore Deb Barman, who was the nominal king for two years till the state's merger into India in 1949.