Tripura: union minister pratima bhoumik resigns as mla 

AGARTALA: Union Minister of State Pratima Bhoumik has resigned from the post of MLA which she won in the recently held Assembly election in Tripura. At the recently ended assembly elections

in the state, Pratima was elected from her native Dhanpur assembly constituency against CPI (M) candidate Kaushik Chanda. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your

knowledge! Speaking to media persons here, Bhoumik said, “My best wishes to the Pro-tem speaker Binay Bhusan Das as the BJP has selected him for the post and today, he assumed charge of his

office.” ALSO READ: Assam: Bimal Borah says Nahid Afrin should keep award, Pijush Hazarika urges her to return She said that she won the Dhanpur assembly Constituency on March 02 and

accordingly as she is holding two respectful posts which is not permissible, she had to resign. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! “The BJP

central leadership had directed me to contest in the Dhanpur assembly constituency despite being a member of Lok Sabha and Union Minister of State. And, on the advice of my party, I tendered

my resignation from the post of MLA in Dhanpur seat to the Protem Speaker in the state assembly premises”, she added. ALSO READ: Four Water Heritage Structures from Assam identified by

Ministry of Jal Shakti Bhoumik was accompanied by Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare minister Ratan Lal Nath.