| Mevar Kumar Jamatia | |
| Office: | Minister of Tribal Welfare, Industries & Commerce (HHS) and Fisheries |
| Term Start: | 9 March 2018 |
| Term End: | 16 May 2022[1] |
| Minister: | Shri Biplab Kumar Deb |
| Office1: | Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly |
| Constituency1: | Asharambari[2] [3] |
| Term Start1: | 2018 |
| Term End1: | 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Aghore Debbarma |
| Successor1: | Animesh Debbarma |
| Birth Name: | Mevar Kumar Jamatia |
| Birth Date: | 5 Jun 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Tripura, India |
| Party: | Tipra Motha Party |
| Spouse: | Gita Debbarma |
| Children: | 1 |
| Alma Mater: | North-Eastern Hill University |
Mevar Kumar Jamatia (born 5 June 1968), is a Tiprasa Indian Politician from Tripura. He is the former Minister of Tribal Welfare, Industries and Commerce, and Forest in Biplab Kumar Deb ministry.[4] [5] [6] [7] He became the MLA from Asharambari Constituency by defeating CPI(M) candidate Aghore Debbarma by a margin of 6,987 votes.[8] [9]
Jamatia joined NEHU, Meghlaya for his B.A. studies. He completed his Masters in sociology from NEHU in 1995. He was an active leader of the Twipra Students' Federation (TSF) becoming the General Secretary later.[10]
In 2018, Mevar Kumar Jamatia took oath as the cabinet minister for Tribal Welfare, Industries & Commerce, and Forestries in the Biplab Deb Ministry.
On 12 May 2022 he was removed from the post and isolated from the IPFT party and just three months before the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election he resigned from the member of Tripura Legislative Assembly on 8 November 2022 and joined Tipra Motha Party on 10 November 2023.[11] [12] [13]
| Election | Constituency | Party | Result | Votes % | Opposition Candidate | Opposition Party | Opposition vote % | Ref | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Asharambari | 57.34% | Aghore Debbarma | 36.46% | [14] | |||||