Faced taunts in student days for fathers association with Jana Sangh BJP Tripura CM
Agartala Feb 22 PTI Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday claimed that some people used to mock him in his student days because of his fathers association with BJP and Bharatiya Jana Sangh as the states political firmament was then dominated by the CPIM and the Congress After he became the chief minister those who used to call him son of BJP and his father a mad man now stand in queues to get benefits Deb said here while inaugurating a cricket tournament named after his late father Hirudhan Deb The tournament was organised by the BJP unit of Banamalipur the chief ministers constituency He said his father was an active member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh considered to be the precursor of the BJP and later the saffron party since 1967 Walking down memory lane Deb said People used to insult me by calling me son of BJP instead of my name during my school and college days because only two parties — Congress and CPIM — used to dominate Tripuras political landscape then Sometimes I felt extremely bad thinking which party my father works People used to say Hirudhan is mad Today his son is the chief minister of Tripura he said Deb became the CM of the North-eastern state after a BJP-led coalition ousted the CPIM from power in 2018 after the Left party was at its helm for 25 years In life one should not insult anybody The people who used to insult me or my father for being associated with Jan Sangh and BJP now queue up to get benefits he said One has to work hard with full devotion to climb the stairs of success the BJP leader said There are people who think they have given everything to the party in three years but got nothing in return Work hard and smartly destiny will bring what you deserve Deb said Those who change parties several times could never be true leader of the people he said in an apparent dig at BJP leaders Sudip Roy Barman and Asish Saha who recently joined the Congress PTI PS NN NN
Agartala Feb 22 PTI Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday claimed that some people used to mock him in his student days because of his fathers association with BJP and Bharatiya Jana Sangh as the states political firmament was then dominated by the CPIM and the Congress After he became the chief minister those who used to call him son of BJP and his father a mad man now stand in queues to get benefits Deb said here while inaugurating a cricket tournament named after his late father Hirudhan Deb The tournament was organised by the BJP unit of Banamalipur the chief ministers constituency He said his father was an active member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh considered to be the precursor of the BJP and later the saffron party since 1967 Walking down memory lane Deb said People used to insult me by calling me son of BJP instead of my name during my school and college days because only two parties — Congress and CPIM — used to dominate Tripuras political landscape then Sometimes I felt extremely bad thinking which party my father works People used to say Hirudhan is mad Today his son is the chief minister of Tripura he said Deb became the CM of the North-eastern state after a BJP-led coalition ousted the CPIM from power in 2018 after the Left party was at its helm for 25 years In life one should not insult anybody The people who used to insult me or my father for being associated with Jan Sangh and BJP now queue up to get benefits he said One has to work hard with full devotion to climb the stairs of success the BJP leader said There are people who think they have given everything to the party in three years but got nothing in return Work hard and smartly destiny will bring what you deserve Deb said Those who change parties several times could never be true leader of the people he said in an apparent dig at BJP leaders Sudip Roy Barman and Asish Saha who recently joined the Congress PTI PS NN NN
