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]
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]
Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | Ref | ||
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2018 | Asharambari | 36.46% | Mevar Kumar Jamatia | 57.34% | [7] | |||||
2013 | Asharambari | 59.55% | Amiya Kumar Debbarma | 35.44% | [8] | |||||
2008 | Pramodenagar | 54.00% | Animesh Debbarma | 36.62% | [9] | |||||
2003 | Pramodenagar | 46.75% | Animesh Debbarma | 48.52% | [10] | |||||
1998 | Pramodenagar | 55.25% | Bahuroy (Bahu Chandra) Debbarma | 32.96% | [11] | |||||
1993 | Pramodenagar | 65.75% | Biswajit Deb Rankhal | 33.15% | [12] |
He was awarded the Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 by the Government of India.[13]