Manik Saha

Manik Saha (born 8 January 1953) is an Indian politician serving as the 11th and current Chief Minister of Tripura since 2022.^[1][2] He represents the Town Bordowali Assembly constituency in the Tripura Legislative Assembly since 2022. He was also the former member of Rajya Sabha from Tripura from 2022 until he became Chief Minister in 2022 and the President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura from 2020 to 2022. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party since 2016 and Indian National Congress before 2016.

Manik Saha
Saha in his swearing ceremony, 2023
11th Chief Minister of Tripura
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 May 2022
Governor	Indrasena Reddy Satyadev Narayan Arya
Deputy	Jishnu Dev Varma (till 2 March 2023)
Departments that hold	Home Health and Family Welfare PWD
Preceded by	Biplab Kumar Deb
Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 June 2022
Preceded by	Ashish Kumar Saha
Constituency	Town Bordowali
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office 3 April 2022 – 4 July 2022
Preceded by	Jharna Das
Succeeded by	Biplab Kumar Deb
Constituency	Tripura
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura
In office 2020–2022
Personal details
Born	(1953-01-08) 8 January 1953 (age 71) Agartala, Tripura, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2016 – present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (till 2016)
Spouse	Swapna Saha
Children	2
Alma mater	Govt. Dental College, Patna, Bihar (B.D.S.) King George's Medical College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (M.D.S.)

Political career

Saha was a member of Indian National Congress before joining Bharatiya Janata Party in 2016.^[3] He became the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Tripura unit in 2020 till 2022.^[4][3][5][6] In June 2022, Saha was elected as an MLA.^[7] He is strongly critical of communism in Tripura. He declared himself anti-communist and a committed capitalist. He is one of the richest chief ministers of India in the state which had the poorest chief minister of India.^{[citation needed]}

Chief Minister of Tripura

Main articles: First Saha ministry and Second Saha ministry

On 14 May 2022, just a year before assembly polls in the state, Biplab Kumar Deb resigned from his post.^[7] After a hurriedly called legislature party meeting, BJP announced Saha's name as his successor and said he would extend cooperation to the new chief minister.^[8][9] Saha took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of Tripura on 15 May 2022.^[1]

Personal life

Saha was born to Makhan Lal Saha and Priya Bala Saha on 8 January 1953.^[10][11] He received his B.D.S. and M.D.S. in "Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery" degrees from Govt. Dental College, Patna, Bihar and King George's Medical College, Lucknow. Saha is married to Swapna Saha, with whom he has two daughters.^[10][12] He is also the president of the Tripura Cricket Association.^[2] Before he joined mainstream politics, Saha used to teach in Tripura Medical College located at Hapania.^[2]

References

1. "Manik Saha takes oath as Tripura chief minister". Hindustan Times. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
2. "Who is Manik Saha, the new chief minister of Tripura". The Times of India. 14 May 2022. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
3. "Who is Manik Saha, the new Tripura CM?". Deccan Herald. 15 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
4. "New President of BJP Tripura state unit". Economic Times. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
5. Deb, Debraj (6 March 2022). "State president Manik Saha keeps his job as BJP reshuffles Tripura leadership". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
6. ANI (18 March 2022). "Tripura BJP president Manik Saha is party candidate for Rajya Sabha polls". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 23 March 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
7. Kumar, Anil (14 May 2022). "BJP's Manik Saha Made Tripura Chief Minister, MLA Breaks Chair In Protest". NDTV. Archived from the original on 14 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
8. "Amid ugly scenes, BJP names Saha to succeed Deb as Tripura CM". UNI India. 14 May 2022. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
9. "Manik Saha replaces Biplab Deb as chief minister of India's Tripura". The Financial Express. 14 May 2022. Archived from the original on 15 May 2022. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
10. "Shri Manik Saha| National Portal of India". india.gov.in. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
11. "कौन हैं त्रिपुरा के नए CM डॉ. माणिक साहा: डेंटिस्ट से राजनेता बने, 7 साल पहले कांग्रेस को छोड़ भाजपा में आए". TV9 Bharatvarsh (in Hindi). 14 May 2022. Archived from the original on 16 June 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
12. IANS (15 May 2022). "Manik Saha to take oath as 12th Tripura chief minister". OnManorama. Archived from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.