Mayor & chairmans of Tripura urban bodies announced

AGARTALA: The ruling BJP has named Mayor for Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) and chairman of 19 other Municipal bodies and Nagar Panchayats, who will be administered oath of office by respective District Magistrates on Wednesday and Thursday.
As expected, former Chairman of Agartala Municipal Council and incumbent Chairman of Tripura Road Transport Corporation Dipak Majumder would be administered oath at Rabindra Satabarshiki Bhawan by District Magistrate of West Tripura on the first day while swearing-in ceremony of 19 other urban bodies would be in the next day at the respective districts.
The ruling BJP has won all 20 urban local bodies and 15 of them including AMC don’t have any opposition member in the council. The BJP state president Dr Manik Saha said no central leader would take part in the swearing-in ceremony, however, central minister Pratima Bhoumik, Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb, all cabinet ministers and senior leaders would join.