Rajeev Bhattacharya is the new Tripura BJP chief

Rajeev Bhattacharya has been appointed as the BJP's new state unit chief in Tripura.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday, August 25, appointed Rajeev Bhattacharya as the new party chief for Tripura.

“Bharatiya Janata Party’s national president JP Nadda has appointed Rajeev Bhattacharya as the new Tripura party chief”, read a letter signed by party’s national general secretary Arun Singh.

Earlier, Chief Minister Manik Saha was holding an additional charge as state BJP president.

Earlier in the day, Bhupendra Chaudhary, a minister in the Yogi Adityanath-led government, was appointed as the BJP's Uttar Pradesh unit chief.