Ramnagar Bypoll Choice Shows BJP Wants To Keep Rival Party Factions In Tripura In Good Humour

Tripura CM Manik Saha during an election rally in support of BJP candidate Dipak Majumdar ahead of the Ramnagar assembly by-election, in Agartala on March 23, 2024.

On Friday, the central leadership of the BJP declared Dipak Majumder, the Mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation, as the candidate for the Ramnagar bypoll, which is scheduled to be held on April 19. This announcement comes after party state general secretary Amit Rakshit, a loyalist of former chief minister Biplab Deb, lobbied for his own candidature. Initially, there were speculations that Union Minister of State Pratima Bhoumik, who was not renominated by the party from her Tripura West Lok