Agartala: Tripura BJP president Biplab Kumar Deb and vice-president Jishnu Debbarma will be the new chief minister and deputy chief minister of the state respectively.

While Deb is a first-time legislator, Debbarma is yet to contest an election.

After the BJP Legislature Party unanimously elected Deb as its leader, the BJP-Indigenous People's Front of Tripura combine staked claim to form the government before governor Tathagata Roy at the Raj Bhavan on Tuesday.

The swearing-in of Deb and his council of ministers is likely to take place on Friday. The ceremony is likely to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP-IPFT combine won 43 of the 59 seats that went to the polls on February 18, unseating the 25-year old Left government.

The results were declared on March 3. Polling was countermanded at Charilam constituency after its Left Front candidate Ramendra Narayan Debbarma died a week before election day. Polling for the seat will be held on Monday.

Union minister and senior leader Nitin Gadkari and Union minister for tribal affairs Jual Oram, who arrived here in the morning.