INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb was speaking at an event to mark the surgical strikes anniversary.Agartala: In his latest no-filter
comment, Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is heard telling a gathering that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brother drives an
autorickshaw and another is a grocer."One brother runs a grocery shop, another brother drives an auto
Their mother lives in a 10 by 12 room - tell me is there any Prime Minister like this in the world," Biplab Deb says in Bengali at an event
to mark the surgical strikes anniversary celebrated by his party, the ruling BJP, and its governments across the country as "Parakram
Parv"."He has an old mother, but she doesn't stay in the PM's house
He has been chief minister for 13 years before thatHe has brothers and sisters, his brother still drives an auto" said the 48-year-old
Tripura chief minister, who has gained the appellation of motormouth in his six months in power.Mr Deb is yet to give a response to his
remarks.In August, he said he wanted to distribute ducks among villagers in his state because they would boost the rural economy by
recycling water and raising oxygen levels in the water."When ducks swim in water, oxygen level automatically increases
It (oxygen) gets recycled
Fish in the water will get more oxygen
They also benefit from the bird droppings
Thus, pisciculture will benefit and fishes will grow faster, that too in a completely organic way," Biplab Deb said.His past gems include a
claim that ancient Indians had access to the internet and artificial satellites in the age of the Mahabharata.
