DILIP DAS TO BE NEW TRIPURA SPEAKER

Renowned physician Dilip Das will be the Speaker of the new Tripura assembly and senior lawyer Arun Chandra Bhowmik will be his deputy. Das and Bhowmik as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominees were elected to the state assembly for the first time from Barjala and Belonia assembly constituencies, respectively. Governor Tathagata Roy would constitute the 12th Tripura assembly before the new members took oath. Das and Bhowmik will replace CPI-M's Ramendra Chandra Debnath and Pabitra Kar, respectively.