Manik Saha (born 8 January 1953) is an Indian politician serving as the current and the 11th Chief Minister of Tripura.

Political career

Saha was a member of

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British ...

before joining

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the List of ruling p ...

in 2016. He became the President of the

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the eas ...

unit in 2020. In April 2022, Saha was elected as

Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha A Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of the Indian states to the one of the two houses of the Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha). Rajya Sabha MPs are elected by the electoral college of the elected ...

Chief Minister of Tripura

On 14 May 2022, just a year before assembly polls in the state,

Biplab Kumar Deb Biplab Kumar Deb (born 25 November 1971) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Tripura. He was the state unit president of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Tripura from 7 January 2016 up to 2018. He led the BJP to victory in the 201 ...

resigned from his post. 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. Saha took oath as the 11th Chief Minister of Tripura on 15 May 2022.

Personal life

Saha was born to Makhan Lal Saha and Priya Bala Saha on 8 January 1953. 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. He is also the president of the Tripura Cricket Association. Before he joined mainstream politics, Saha used to teach in Tripura Medical College located at Hapania.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Saha, Manik 1953 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Tripura Rajya Sabha members from Tripura People from Tripura Chief Ministers of Tripura Former members of Indian National Congress