Rajeshwar Debbarma Explained

Rajeshwar Debbarma
Office:Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Term Start:2003
Term End:2008
Successor:Niranjan Debbarma
Constituency:Takarjala
Spouse:Merry Rupini
Birth Place:Tripura, India
Party:TIPRA Motha Party
Nationality:Indian
Alma Mater:Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Guwahati
Education:B.A. Arts

Rajeshwar Debbarma is a Tipra Indian politician from Tripura who won the election in 2003[1] as a candidate of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra. He became MLA of Takarjala.[2] [3] [4]

He was one of the prominent leaders of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra who worked for the betterment of the indigenous people.

Political career

Rajeshwar Debbarma started his political career from the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) in the early 2000s. He also elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Takarjala Constituency.

Later, Rajeshwar joined Congress after repeated defeat of INPT in the subsequent elections. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party after it came to power in 2018.

However, Rajeshwar quitted BJP in 2019 as a protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.[5] [6]

Rajeshwar joined TIPRA as having worked with its chairman Pradyot Bikram Manikya over the years. He was appointed as political secretary and has been one of the top advisor in the party.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of all MLA from Takarjala Assembly Constituency Seat(Tripura). Result University.
  2. Web site: Takarjala(ST) Tripura Assembly Election 2003. Latestly. 2023-01-12.
  3. Web site: Tripura Assembly Election Results 2003. Election India. 2023-01-12.
  4. Web site: 2003 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Tripura. India Votes.
  5. Web site: 2019-01-29 . Tripura: Ex-MLA and prominent BJP leader Rajeshwar Debbarma quits party over Citizenship Amendment Bill . 2023-02-11 . thenortheasttoday.com . en-IN.
  6. Web site: Desk . Sentinel Digital . 2019-01-30 . Rajeshwar Debbarma quits BJP, claims the party didn't fulfill poll promises - Sentinelassam . 2023-02-11 . www.sentinelassam.com . en.
  7. Web site: PTI . 2022-11-30 . Tipra Motha to hold demonstration in Delhi demanding 'Greater Tipraland' . 2023-02-11 . ThePrint . en-US.