Agartala, October 1: Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb is back in the news for his irrational and irrelevant statements. According to an NDTV report, Deb has recently said in a gathering claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's brother drives an autorickshaw, and another is a grocer. At an event to mark the surgical strike anniversary, he said in Bengali, "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 at it Again: 'Rearing Ducks Will Raise Oxygen Levels in Water Bodies'; List of 'Absurd' Statements by Tripura CM.

In the month of August, Deb drew flak for his contentious statement while speaking at the inaugural event of a traditional boat race in Rudrasagar. The BJP leader said rearing ducks in the Rudrasagar lake will "automatically" increase oxygen levels in the water body. He further added that his government would be providing 50,000 white ducklings to villagers for rearing in the water body.

He has a history of making such absurd statement-from saying that Internet existed during the Mahabharata days to civil engineers apt for civil services and Paan shops and cow-milking better alternative than searching for the Government job, the list goes on.

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