Troubles are mounting for Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb

The discontent, simmering since 2019, surfaced when seven legislators - all former Congressmen - reached Delhi in October 2020 and met J P Nadda, BJP president

When the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the Tripura Assembly polls on March 2, 2018, celebrations at the party headquarters surpassed the jubilation that marked the grand victory in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections. Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the victory speech that emphasised three points: The victory of “nationalism” over “communism”, the demolition of the myth of the “tyranny of distance” between Delhi and Agartala, and the success of the BJP’s “Act East” policy. Nearly three years after that red-letter day, the BJP government is rocked by tremors set off by intra-party dissensions targeting the 49-year old chief minister,