Animesh Debbarma

Animesh Debbarma is an Indian politician and the leader of the Tipra Motha Party. Currently he is the Leader of the Opposition of Tripura Legislative Assembly.[2] He served as Deputy Chief Executive Member of TTAADC but resigned when he won the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election and became a member of the 13th Tripura Assembly.[3][4][5]

Animesh Debbarma
Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
24th March 2023
Preceded byManik Sarkar
Member of Tripura Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2023
Preceded byMevar Kumar Jamatia
ConstituencyAsharambari
In office
2003–2008
Preceded byAghore Debbarma
Succeeded byAghore Debbarma
ConstituencyKalyanpur-Pramodenagar
Deputy Chief Executive Member of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
In office
2021–2023
Preceded byMadhumati Debbarma
ConstituencyKulai-Champahour [1]
Personal details
Born
Ranjnagar, Khowai, Tripura

(1970-01-10) 10 January 1970
NationalityIndian
Political partyTipra Motha Party
Residence(s)Julashikhar, Khowai,Tripura
EducationB.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering)
Alma materNorth Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology
ProfessionSocial and Political Activist

Early life

Animesh Debbarma was born in Rajnagar Village of Khowai District of Tripura. Debbarma graduated with B.Tech in Computer Science and engineering from NERIST, Arunachal Pradesh. He has worked as an engineer in Indian Oil, Mumbai for many years and CSIRO, Nagpur as a scientist for few years.[6]

He left his corporate job at the Indian Oil to join mainstream politics and became a member of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura (INPT) in and around early 2000. He is known as Animesh Babu and also as the Founder of NCT.

Political career

Debbarma was previously a member of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra. In 2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election he contesting as the candidate of INPT and won the election against the CPI(M) candidate Aghore Debbarma.[7] In 2006, Debbarma separated from INPT and formed a new party National Conference of Tripura with the disaffected members of some party.[8] In 2020, he merged his party into INPT.[9] Debbarma join Tipra Motha Party before the TTAADC election on 20 February 2021 and leave his parent party INPT.[10]

Views and opinions

Animesh Debbarma has been an active proponent for a separate statehood Greater Tipraland. He opines if the Tiprasas needs more autonomy, financial and political empowerment.[11]

References
  1. https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/tripura-tribal-polls-results-and-takeaways-7272608/
  2. Banik, Mrinal (28 March 2023). "BJP-TIPRA clash on TTAADC budget in Tripura Assembly". EastMojo. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  3. "Pratima resigns her assembly seat, so do Animesh and Chitta their ADC seats". tripurainfo.com.
  4. "Asharambari Constituency Result 2023: Animesh Debbarma wins seat by 18,328 votes". News9live. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  5. "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in.
  6. "TIPRA candidate wins by highest margin in Tripura". The Times of India. 3 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  7. "Tripura Assembly Election Results in 2003". Elections.in. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  8. "INPT splits, with help from Cong". www.telegraphindia.com. Calcutta: The Telegraph. 11 December 2006. Archived from the original on 29 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  9. "Tripura ADC poll: NCT merges with INPT". thenortheasttoday.com. 14 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  10. "Animesh Joins TIPRA, INPT struggles for inclusion in alliance". Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  11. "Talks between Centre and TIPRA Motha resume on constitutional solution, assures Animesh Debbarma". India Today NE. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
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