I’ll lose the post of CM if NRC is implemented in Tripura! : Biplob Deb
ত্রিপুরায় এনআরসি হলে আমার মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর পদ যাবে : বিপ্লব দেব

November 26: “My relatives, my father came from Bangladesh. He has got his citizenship card…After that, I was born in Tripura. So, if anyone suffers a loss due to NRC, I shall lose my chief minister’s post first. Am I a fool that I shall implement NRC to lose CM’s chair?” Chief Minister Biplob Deb is seen saying so in a viral video clip that is doing the rounds in the social media.

Sanjay Mishra, Media Advisor to the Chief Minister of Tripura said that the video clip is an extract of a press conference by the CM Biplob Deb at Raiganj and Kaliyaganj in North Dinajpur district of West Bengal, where he went on a by-election campaign three days back. He further said that the video clip was taken out of context for dirty politics’ by some with vested interest. Interestingly, in the full video, Chief Minister Biplob Dev could be seen speaking in favour of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB). He said that both these two were meant to protect the genuine Indians.