Mostly fresh faces and two women to lead Tripura BJP’s Assembly-level committees

The revamp is touted to be an effort to restructure the party organisation from the ground up and infuse fresh blood into it, thereby cementing the ruling BJP’s ambitions for stronger governments in the future.

Deb said that BJP district presidents would be elected by the first week of January 2025, before the election of the state president. The party has 10 organisational districts in the state.

“The maximum age to participate in the election of the mandal president is 45 years. Those who have completed two terms as mandal president cannot take part in the election. The party ensured that candidates from all sections participate in the mandal president elections,” he said.

Congratulating the BJP’s new mandal presidents, Chief Minister Manik Saha wrote on Facebook, “I express many congratulations and best wishes to the newly appointed Mandal President of Tripura Pradesh of Bharatiya Janata Party. I believe the Bharatiya Janata Party’s organisation will become stronger and more powerful under your able leadership.”

BJP Lok Sabha MP and former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb said, “Those who were elected should work abiding by the rules and guidelines of the party. Apart from party work, the mandal presidents should work for the people to ensure that government benefits reach them. If they don’t work properly, they will be replaced.”

The number of BJP members in the state has reached 11.91 lakh. The party’s Tripura in-charge for the membership drive, Bhagaban Chandra Das, said that 6.5 lakh people enrolled for membership in 2019 and that the number has almost doubled. Of the total, 9.41 lakh people enrolled online.