CM Manik Saha among 3 of BJP to win Tripura bypolls
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Agartala: Over a month into becoming Chief Minister, BJP leader Manik Saha on Sunday won the assembly bypoll endorsing his position.
Mani Saha who replaced Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on May 15 won the poll at Town Bardowali constituency by a margin of 6,104 votes.
The Election Commission also said that BJP alongside won Jubarajnagar and Surma seats in Tripura bypolls.
Congress candidate Sudip Roy Barman won the prestigious Agartala seat by 3,163 votes.
Manik Saha defeated Congress candidate Ashish Kumar Saha, securing 16,870 votes against Ashish Saha's 10,930 votes.
Manik Saha, a Rajya Sabha member, was sworn in last month after chief minister Biplab Deb's resignation.
Saha quit the Congress in 2016 to join BJP and became the state president of the party in 2020.
A dentist by profession, Saha had won Tripuara's only Rajya Sabha seat earlier this year.
The win in bypolls shows the BJP has settled the confusion and diffidence among party cadres following Chief minister Biplab Deb's resignation last month.