Former BJP MP from the Silchar Lok Sabha constituency, Rajdeep Roy, has been appointed as the in-charge of the party’s Tripura unit replacing Mahesh Sharma.

Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, BJP state president Rajib Bhattacharjee and former Union minister Pratima Bhowmik and many other leaders congratulated Roy.

“Congratulations and greetings to Rajdeep Roy for being appointed as the party’s state in-charge,” Chief Minister Dr Saha said in a post on Facebook.

Bhattacharjee, in his message, said: “BJP national president J P Nadda has appointed party in-charges for various states. Congratulations to former Silchar MP Rajdeep Roy for being appointed as the ‘party prabhari’ for Tripura.”

The development comes close on the heels of the Panchayat elections on August 8.