Tripura legislative assembly speaker Rebati Mohan Das resigned from his post on Thursday mentioning non-public reasons for the move. Das reportedly submitted his resignation to deputy speaker Biswabandhu Sen.
Das later stated the 2 names withinside the race to prevail over him were Sen and MLA Ratan Chakraborty. The resignation came amid simmering dissent withinside the ruling BJP, led through Biplab Deb. Das has already changed his Twitter bio as a former Tripura assembly speaker.
"I have been requesting for a long time to relieve me from the responsibility. I am a person who is an expert in organisation building. I am grateful the BJP has relieved me from the post. I want the party to become strong. However, I have not resigned from my MLA post and the membership of the BJP," he was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.
Das was a leader of the CPI-M before switching over to the BJP in 2016 and won the Pratapgarh seat in the 2018 Assembly election.