Agartala:  Tripura chief minister Dr Manik Saha yesterday attended the meeting of BJP chief ministers called by prime minister Narendra Modi and BJP president J.P.Nadda in Delhi. The agenda of the meeting centred on the strategy and tactics for the upcoming loksabha election and achievements of the governments running the BJP-rules states. Besides the chief minister, three MPs of the state, Biplab Kumar Deb, Pratima Bhowmik and Rebati Tripura also attended the meeting and patiently listened to the proceedings. A concrete nationwide strategy was formed to fight the upcoming loksabha elections in a united and cohesive manner.

Even though the chief minister is not known to have delivered any speech except a briefing on the state of affairs in Tripura, Saha met important central ministers and extracted two major commitments.

While speaking to media persons here after arrival from Delhi, Dr Saha said that Tripura has been promised 1 lakh more houses for BPL families under the prime minister awas yojana (PMAY) which will be constructed across the state.

Besides, an AIIMS like hospital will be set up in Tripura soon the chief minister did not specify whether the hospital will be new one or the existing TMC will be upgraded to an AIIMS like hospital.