By Bhupen Goswami

Guwahati : Tripura CM Biplab Deb’s wife alleges domestic violence and harassment, files for divorce in Delhi. The news of Niti Deb Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb has reportedly been accused of domestic violence by his wife, Niti, who has since filed for divorce in the Tiz Hazari court of New Delhi. Niti has alleged harassment and domestic violence on the part of Deb, who was sworn in as the chief minister of Tripura in 2018.

Deb is not new to controversial remarks on women. In an incident a few months ago, he said international beauty pageants were a farce, and claimed that the decision to award Miss World and Miss Universe titles to Indian women for five years in a row was market-driven rather than based on the beauty of the participants.

The news of Niti Deb accusing her husband of domestic violence evoked strong reactions on social media with people slamming the BJP for promoting individuals, who had no respect for women.Deb is known for making outrageous claims in his public speeches. In one of his speeches, he had courted controversy by making extraordinarily insane comments that internet and satellite existed even during the Mahabharat period, which is a legendary narrative of the Kurukṣetra War, believed to have been fought somewhere in 8th and 9th century BC. Biplab, which in Bengali means revolution, became an object of ridicule even by his own educated supporters.Biplab Deb then became a target of trolling after he slammed former Miss World Diana Hayden, who won the coveted beauty title in 1997. Questioning the rationale behind crowning Diana as the Miss World, Deb had said that she wasn’t the face of Indian beauty, but Aishwarya Rai was. Many had detected bigotry in Deb’s statement since Diana was Christian and Aishwarya was a Hindu.