Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb on Monday went to a tribal village and personally congratulated 105-year-old Tara Kanya Debbarma, who was recently vaccinated by Covid-19 shots. Biplab Kumar Deb who went to Brahmachhera tribal village under Matabari rural development block in southern Tripura's Gomati district and spent some time with the centenarian tribal woman.

After meeting with the old women, the Chief Minister tweeted: “Met Tarakanya Debbarma of Brahmacherra. The 105-year-old (recently) turned up at a vaccination center to take the vaccine against the Coronavirus. She recognised PM Modi at once when I showed her his pic. If she can take the vaccine, what's stopping you all from doing it! Go, get the jab!".

Kumar Alok also tweeted: "121-year-old senior citizen in Brahmacharya under Matabari Block in Tripura gets vaccinated and sets a unique example. This will motivate many to take vaccination." The CMO and the health officials, however, said that according to the electoral list of the Election Commission, the woman's age is 105 but her family members and the neighbours have claimed that she is 121 years old.

"The Chief Minister was thrilled on hearing that the 105-year-old woman had voluntarily agreed to take the Covid vaccine shot and immediately decided to visit her residence personally and to greet her for joining in the vaccination drive," the Chief Minister's Office said. Tripura Chief Secretary Kumar Alok earlier in his tweet mentioned the woman's age as 121.

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