Kujendra Lal Tripura | |
Native Name: | কুজেন্দ্র লাল ত্রিপুরা |
Native Name Lang: | bn |
Office: | Minister of State for Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs |
Term Start: | 11 January 2024 |
Primeminister: | Sheikh Hasina |
Predecessor: | Bir Bahadur Ushwe Sing |
Office1: | Member of Parliament |
Term Start1: | 29 January 2014 |
Term End1: | 6 August 2024 |
Predecessor1: | Jotindra Lal Tripura |
Constituency1: | Khagrachari |
Office2: | Chairman of Task Force on Rehabilitation of India-returnee Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons |
Term Start2: | 12 December 2017 |
Predecessor2: | Ruithi Karbari |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1963 |
Birth Place: | Khagrachhari, East Pakistan, Pakistan |
Party: | Bangladesh Awami League |
Spouse: | Mallika Tipura |
Blank1: | Religion |
Data1: | Hinduism |
Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
Occupation: | Politician |
Successor: | TBD |
Term End: | 5 August 2024 |
Kujendra Lal Tripura (born 4 November 1963) is a Bangladesh Awami League politician and the former member of parliament for Khagrachhari District.[1] He is the chairman of the Taskforce on Tribal Refugees.[2] He was served as Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs .
Tripura was born 4 November 1963 in Khagrachari District. He has a B.A. degree.[3] He is from Tipra/Tripuri community which is known Tripura in Bangladesh.
Tripura was elected to parliament from Khagrachhari District in 2014 as a Bangladesh Awami League candidate. On 8 February 2018 he was made the chairman of the Taskforce on Rehabilitation of Returnee Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons.[4] The post chairman which is the held power of The State Minister on that affair.Before that he served as "chairman" of Khagrachhari Hill District Council from 2010 to 2013.[5]
Tripura inaugurated the rally of The traditional Sangrain Festival of the Marma community in Khagrachari in 2017.[6] Boisu Programme-2022 by Tipra Community inaugurated by Kujendra Lal Tripura in Khagrachari.[7] Tripura donated 10lac taka to 58 Temples for Durga Puja.[8] He inaugurated Three Day Raj Punah by Mong Circle in Khagrachari.[9] Five SAFF champion indigenous girls receive grand reception in Khagrachari by Kujendra Lal Tripura.[10]
He was appointed as Minister of Chittagong Hill Tracts Affairs on 11 January 2024