Tripura: Biplab Kumar Deb, 48, could be the next chief of minister of Tripura, two BJP leaders privy to internal deliberations said. He is currently the president of Tripura BJP and is leading against his CPM rival in Banamalipur assembly constituency in Agartala.
The BJP has brought to a close the 25-year-long communist rule in Tripura and ended the uninterrupted 20-year long stint of Manik Sarkar as the chief minister.
Deb, a former volunteer of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, has worked as a profession gym instructor in Delhi when he shifted to the national capital about 15 years ago for higher studies. Sunil Doedhar, the BJP’s prabhari for Tripura, was Deb’s trainer in the RSS and the veteran, KN Govindacharya, his mentor in the outfit.
Deb also worked as an assistant to Ganesh Singh, the BJP’s MP from Satna Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh, before moving to Tripura in 2016 as the party president there. Deb’s wife is a deputy manager with the Parliament House branch of the State Bank of India and has they have two children.
