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Saha is the fourth former Congress leader from the Northeast to become the chief minister of the region after joining the BJP. This is a clear indication that the electoral value of any leader is of paramount importance to the party. Himanta Biswa Sarma of Assam, Pema Khandu in Arunachal Pradesh and N Biren Singh in Manipur are other chief ministers who were earlier in the Congress.
Why is BJP changing CM?
A BJP leader said that in the last two-three years, there were broadly three factors behind the change of chief ministers. These are – ‘Work on the ground, keeping the organization in good shape and the popularity of the leader’. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, has been in favor of giving freedom to the Chief Ministers to act according to them, but after the defeat of the BJP in the Jharkhand Assembly elections as well as Chief Minister Raghubar Das himself losing his seat. realized the need for a leadership change.
Who is Manik Saha, who will be the new Chief Minister of Tripura, know everything
Sources said that within days of the announcement of the election results, the BJP brought back its former leader Babulal Marandi, who had floated his own political party. In September last year, the BJP replaced Vijay Rupani with Bhupendra Patel as the chief minister of Gujarat, who comes from the numerically important Patel community in the state.
Changing the Chief Minister in Karnataka, BJP replaced BS Yeddyurappa, who hails from the Lingayat community, with another Lingayat leader Basavaraj S Bommai as the Chief Minister of Karnataka. The BJP appointed another Thakur leader in place of two Thakur Chief Ministers in Uttarakhand. After the assembly elections in Assam last year, the BJP had appointed Himanta Biswa Sarma as the chief minister in place of Sarbananda Sonowal, who had been chief minister for five years. However, it was considered by the party to be more rewarding to Sarma.