Jharna Das Baidya ঝর্ণা দাস বৈদ্য | |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1962 |
Birth Place: | Mirza, Udaipur, Tripura |
Residence: | Agartala, Tripura |
Constituency: | Tripura |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha |
Term Start: | 3 April 2010 |
Predecessor: | Matilal Sarkar |
Successor: | Manik Saha |
Term End: | 2 April 2022 |
Spouse: | Kaushik Baidya |
Date: | 21 November |
Year: | 2010 |
Source: | https://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=2141 |
Jharna Das is an Indian politician from the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She is a Member of the Parliament of India, representing Tripura in the Rajya Sabha. She was elected unopposed in March 2010.[1] Das is a member of the Tripura State Committee of the CPI(M). Before being elected to parliament, she served as the chairperson of the State Social Welfare Board.[2] Das is the first Dalit to be elected to the Rajya Sabha from Tripura, and the second woman representing the state in the Rajya Sabha.[1]
On 21 March 2016, Jharna Das Baidya won the biennial Rajya Sabha elections from Tripura by receiving 49 votes, defeating Congress candidate Jyotirmoy Nath, who secured only 10 votes.[3] This is her second term in the Rajya Sabha.[4]