Agartala, Sept. 24 -- The BJP national general secretary (organization) B L Santosh arrived on a two-day Friday following massive dissidence among ruling BJP leaders and continuous desertion of the party by legislators and holding meetings with the party functionaries.

As soon as Santosh landed at Agartala airport, BJP legislator from 43- Karbook (ST) Constituency Burba Mohan Tripura tendered his resignation from the assembly and joined royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarman's TIPRA Motha accusing the leadership of indulging 'misrule' in the state.

Santosh held a series of meetings with Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha, Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Dev Varma, BJP state in-charge Dr Mahesh Sharma, Tripura BJP president Rajib Bhattacharjee, and ...