First Saha ministry

First Saha ministry
Ministry of Tripura
Date formed	14 May 2022
Date dissolved	8 March 2023
People and organisations
Head of state	Governor Satyadev Narayan Arya
Head of government	Manik Saha
Member parties	Bhartiya Janata Party
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	CPI(M)
Opposition leader	Manik Sarkar
History
Election	2018
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Biplab Kumar Deb ministry
Successor	Second Saha ministry

First Manik Saha ministry is the cabinet ministry of Tripura led by the Chief Minister Manik Saha.

On 14 May 2022, just a year before assembly polls in the state, Biplab Kumar Deb resigned from his post. ^[1] After a hurriedly called BJP legislature party meeting, Deb announced Saha's name as his successor and said he would extend cooperation to the new Chief Minister.^{[ citation needed ]}

This is a list of ministers from Manik Saha cabinets. ^[2]

Council of Ministers

• As in May 2022 ^[3]

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Chief Minister Home Health and Family Welfare Public Works Department Industries and Commerce General Administration Election Other departments not allocated to any Minister	Manik Saha	14 May 2022	Incumbent		BJP	[4]
Deputy Chief Minister Finance Power Rural Development Planning and Coordination Science Technology Environment	Jishnu Dev Varma	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Incumbent		BJP
Revenue Forest	N. C. Debbarma	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	1 January 2023		IPFT
Law Education and Parliamentary Affairs	Ratan Lal Nath	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Incumbent		BJP
Transport Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Tourism	Pranjit Singha Roy	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Incumbent		BJP
Food and Civil Supplies Urban Development	Manoj Kanti Deb	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Incumbent		BJP
Industries and Commerce Social Welfare and Social Education	Santana Chakma	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Incumbent		BJP
SC Welfare Animal Resource and Labour	Bhagaban Das	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Incumbent		BJP
Information and Cultural Affairs Youth Affairs and Sports and Drinking Water and Sanitation	Sushanta Chowdhury	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Incumbent		BJP
Tribal Welfare and Handloom Handicrafts and Sericulture	Ram Pada Jamatia	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Incumbent		BJP
Fisheries and Co-operation	Prem Kumar Reang	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Incumbent		IPFT
Jail Fire and Emergency Services Welfare of Minorities and Other Backward Classes	Ram Prasad Paul	18 May 2022 (2022-05-18)	Incumbent		BJP

See also

• Government of Tripura
• Tripura Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Biplab Deb quits as Tripura CM. Which other BJP CMs resigned before polls". 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
2. "Who is Manik Saha, the new chief minister of Tripura". The Times of India. 14 May 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
3. Singh, Bikash. "Tripura CM Manik Saha keeps crucial home ministry, allots portfolios to 11 MLAs". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
4. "Tripura Cabinet Ministers List 2022: Full list of ministers in Manik Saha cabinet and their portfolios". Financialexpress. 20 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.