Asish Saha new Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee president

Under your leadership, the organisation will gain momentum and also appreciate outgoing TPCC president Birajit Sinha for his tremendous contribution to the betterment of Tripura Congress, he said in a Facebook post.Saha, who quit as MLA and from BJP in February last year along with Sudip Roy Barman and returned to Congress ahead of the Assembly elections.

Former MLA Asish Kumar Saha has been appointed as the new president of the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) replacing Birajit Sinha.

AICC general secretary KC Venugopal has already communicated the decision of Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge about the appointment of new TPCC president, said (Asish) Saha on Sunday.

''I thanked the Congress president, party leaders - Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Ajay Kumar - for giving me the opportunity to lead the party in Tripura. It is a very challenging task but I will try my level best to rejuvenate the organization up to grassroots level'', he said.

In the 2018 Assembly elections, the party could not win a single seat in the 60-member Tripura Assembly but two Congress nominees- Birajit Singha and Sudip Roy Barman won i the 2023 Assembly elections.

''I want to work taking into confidence all senior party leaders to boost the party before the general elections next year. I do believe, the party will be reorganised to take on the BJP which has installed a semi-fascist rule in the northeastern state|'', he said.

Sudip Roy Barman congratulated Saha for being appointed as the TPCC president. ''Congratulation to Saha for his appointment as the new TPCC chief. Under your leadership, the organisation will gain momentum and also appreciate outgoing TPCC president Birajit Sinha for his tremendous contribution to the betterment of Tripura Congress'', he said in a Facebook post.

Saha, who quit as MLA and from BJP in February last year along with Sudip Roy Barman and returned to Congress ahead of the Assembly elections. However, he lost from his home constituency- Town Bardowali - in the 2023 Assembly election.