Now, Tripura Congress president Pijush Biswas resigns from party

Agartala: In a major setback for Congress, Tripura Pradesh Congress acting president Pijush Kanti Biswas resigned from the party here on Saturday.

The development comes barely five days after the All India Mahila Congress President Sushmita Dev resigned from the party and joined the Trinamool Congress which is trying to expand the base from Silchar to Agartala.

Biswas, who was the acting president of the PCC for the past two years after the exit of former president Pradyot Kishore Deb Barman who now heads the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance (TIPRA) presently ruling the autonomous district council.