Manik Sarkar to be CM
State CPI-M Tripura secretary Manik Sarkar was unanimously elected leader of the Left Front legislature party in Agartala on Monday. He will also stake a claim to form the state government.
Sarkar, also a member of the CPI-M central committee, was elected leader of the legislature party at a meeting of the newly-elected MLAs of the Left Front. Deputy Chief Minister Baidyanath Majumder, who was elected state CPI-M secretary, presided over the meeting.
Raj Bhavan sources said Sarkar, along with other Left Front leaders, would meet Governor Siddheswar Prasad to formally stake their claim to form the fourth Left Front ministry.
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Elections '98
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