The mayor of Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Wednesday sworn in as the member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly.
Speaker of the assembly Bishwabandhu Sen administered the oath of office to Dipak Majumder here in the lobby of the assembly house.
Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha along with his cabinet colleagues and other MLAs including the deputy speaker of the assembly Ramprasad Paul were present at the function.
Mayor Dipak Majumder won the 7-Ramnagar by-election by defeating the opposition CPI(M) candidate Ratan Das.
The by-election was necessitated by the demise of sitting BJP MLA and former minister Surajit Datta on December 28 last year.