Video: Tripura BJP MLA Smashes Chair Over New Chief Minister Announcement
NDTV
At the party event where the BJP announced the new Chief Minister's name, party MLA and state minister Ram Prasad Paul is seen arguing with his colleagues
The appointment of a new Chief Minister in Tripura by the BJP has angered some party MLAs, who said they were not consulted by the party's leadership on the matter. .@ramprasadpalBJP, feeling okay?The entire @BJP4Tripura unit seems to be falling apart!@AITCofficial proves its might yet again!#ShameOnBJPpic.twitter.com/MfZy9vIyQC
Hours after the resignation of Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, the BJP appointed Manik Saha as his replacement just a year before the assembly election in the north-east state.
Mr Saha, 69, a dentist by profession, was elected Rajya Sabha MP last month and is also the Tripura BJP chief.
At the party event where the BJP announced the new Chief Minister's name, party MLA and state minister Ram Prasad Paul is seen arguing with his colleagues. He shouts, and then smashes a plastic chair on the floor.
