Aghore Debbarma Explained

Aghore Debbarma
Birth Date:1 January 1951[1]
Birth Place:Khowai
Office1:Minister for Tribal Welfare, Agriculture & Animal Resource Development, Government of Tripura
Term Start1:2008
Term End1:2018
Office2:Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura
Constituency2:Asharambari
Term Start2:2013
Term End2:2018
Predecessor2:Sachindra Debbarma
Successor2:Mevar Kumar Jamatia
Constituency3:Kalyanpur-Pramodenagar
Term Start3:2008
Term End3:2013
Predecessor3:Animesh Debbarma
Successor3:Manindra Chandra Das
Office4:Chief Executive Member, Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
Term Start4:2005
Term End4:2008
Predecessor4:Debabrata Koloi
Successor4:Ranjit Debbarma
Term Start5:1985
Term End5:1991
Party:CPI(M)
Spouse:Smt. Malati Deb Barma
Nationality:Indian

Aghore Debbarma is an Indian politician and a former Agriculture minister of the Tripura state.

As a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M), he represented Asharambari Vidhan Sabha constituency of Khowai district. He served as a minister of Tripura for Agriculture, Tribal Welfare, Animal resources. He is also a central committee member of CPI-M and Leader of GMP, the tribal wing of CPI-M.[2] In 2018, he lost the Legislative Assembly election to Mevar Kumar Jamatiya of Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT).[3] [4]

Political career

In 1985 Debbarma was elected as Chief Executive Member of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council. He was again elected to the same post in 2005.[1] He was also a cabinet minister of Tribal Welfare, Agriculture & Animal Resource Development from 2008 to 2018.[5] [6]

Electoral performance

Election Constituency Party Result Votes % Opposition Candidate Opposition Party Opposition vote %Ref
2018Asharambari36.46%Mevar Kumar Jamatia57.34%[7]
2013Asharambari59.55%Amiya Kumar Debbarma35.44%[8]
2008Pramodenagar54.00%Animesh Debbarma36.62%[9]
2003Pramodenagar46.75%Animesh Debbarma48.52%[10]
1998Pramodenagar55.25%Bahuroy (Bahu Chandra) Debbarma32.96%[11]
1993Pramodenagar65.75%Biswajit Deb Rankhal33.15%[12]

Awards

He was awarded the Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 by the Government of India.[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OATH / AFFIRMATION BY ELEVENTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS . tripuraassembly.nic.in . 13 April 2020.
  2. News: Full list: CPI(M) newly elected central committee and politburo members . 13 April 2020 . The Indian Express . The Indian Express . 22 April 2018.
  3. News: Tripura agriculture minister loses . Business Standard . 3 March 2018 .
  4. News: Desk . India com News . Tripura Agriculture Minister Aghore Debbarma Loses त्रिपुरा के कृषि मंत्री अघोरे देबबर्मा चुनाव हारे . 13 April 2020 . India News, Breaking News, Entertainment News India.com . en.
  5. Web site: TRIPURAINFOWAY : Tripura's Latest News, Views & IT Portal . www.tripurainfoway.com.
  6. News: Organic farming: Tripura to take lessons from Sikkim . 13 April 2020 . The Statesman . IANS . 25 February 2017.
  7. Web site: Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. Form 20 Final Result Sheet General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228163855/http://ceotripura.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/Form20_2018.pdf. 28 February 2024 . 20 June 2020.
  8. Web site: Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. Form 20 Final Result Sheet General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228165655/http://ceotripura.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/Form20_2013.pdf. 28 February 2024 . 20 June 2020.
  9. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 2008 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006160344/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-TRI98.pdf. 6 October 2010. pdf.
  10. Web site: Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. Form 20 Final Result Sheet General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2003 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240228165918/http://ceotripura.nic.in/sites/default/files/2024-01/Form20_2003.pdf. 28 February 2024 . 20 June 2020.
  11. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006160344/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-TRI98.pdf. 6 October 2010. pdf . dead.
  12. Web site: Election Commission of India. Statistical Report on General Election, 1993 to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura . https://web.archive.org/web/20101006065326/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1993/Statistical%20Report%201993%20Tripura.pdf . 6 October 2010. pdf.
  13. News: Tripura gets national award for record food production . 13 April 2020 . The Statesman . IANS . 19 April 2017.