Dec 07, 2022
Former Chief Minister and MP Biplab Kumar Deb at Rajya Sabha gave a speech regarding the temple and heritage in Tripura. Other than Maa Tripureshwari Mandir in Udaipur, the former CM sought development of Unakoti, Pillak, Bhubaneshwari Mandir, and site at Boxanagar.
He demanded for an Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) circular office to be placed in the state, so that overall development can take place.
Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb was elected to the Rajya Sabha on the lone seat in the state that went for by-election on Sept 22, 2022 Thursday, an expected victory given the Bharatiya Janata Party enjoys a comfortable strength in the assembly.
Deb secured 43 votes and defeated CPM candidate and former finance minister Bhanulal Saha, who got only 15 votes.
The BJP has 36 seats in the 60-member assembly and their alliance partner Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura (IPFT) has seven; the CPM has only 15 members and Congress one.
The Rajya Sabha seat fell vacant after Manik Saha resigned to replace Biplab Kumar Deb as the chief minister.
