Agartala/UNI: BJP national general secretary (organization) B L Santosh arrived in Tripura on a two-day tour beginning Friday following massive dissidence among ruling party leaders and continuous desertion of the party by legislators and holding meetings with the party functionaries.
As soon as Santosh landed at Agartala airport, BJP legislator from 43- Karbook (ST) Constituency Burba Mohan Tripura tendered his resignation from the assembly and joined Pradyot Kishore Debbarmans TIPRA Motha accusing the leadership of indulging misrule in the state.
Santosh held a series of meetings with Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma, BJP state in-charge Dr Mahesh Sharma, Tripura BJP president Rajib Bhattacharjee, and tribal leaders at the State Guest House, Agartala.
He held a separate meeting with all ministers and MLAs of BJP in presence of BJP general secretary to Assam and Tripura Phanindranath Sharma and North East coordinator Dr Sambit Patra and issued advisories where he expressed displeasure over the violence and political attacks on opposition parties, BJP sources said.
Santosh has also reviewed the performance of the ministers and MLAs, as part of the roadmap of upcoming assembly elections, sources claimed to add, The party has already been into electioneering and finalizing the list of candidates for the assembly poll slated for February next year.
