Animesh Debbarma
Official portrait, 2023
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 April – 2023 March
Preceded byMadhumati Debbarma
Succeeded byvacant
ConstituencyKulai-Champahour [1]
Personal details
Born
Rajnagar, Khowai, Tripura

(1970-01-19) 19 January 1970
NationalityIndian
Political partyTipra Motha Party
Residence(s)Tulashikhar, Khowai,Tripura
EducationB.Tech (Computer Science and Engineering)
Alma materNorth Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology
ProfessionSocial and Political Activist

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]

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

Animesh Debbarma speaking at the Khasi-Tiprasa Council meet in Khumulwng on April 27, 2023.

Tripura State Legislature

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]

Autonomous District Council

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][11] Animesh then contested the 2021 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council Election and won from Kulai-Champahour constituency.[12]

Later, he was made the Deputy Chief Executive Member of TTAADC with allocation of important portfolios like Tribal Welfare, Industries and Agriculture. Animesh resigned from the post of Deputy Chief Executive Member on March after being elected to Tripura Legislative Assembly.

Leader of Opposition, Tripura Legislative Assembly

He contested the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly from Ashrambari constituency and won with a margin 18,382 votes. He is the among candidate with the highest margin win.[13]

Debbarma is the current Leader of Opposition of Tripura Legislative Assembly as TIPRA Motha became the official opposition with 13 legislators.[14]

Positions held

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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.[16]

Kokborok Script

Animesh Debbarma has raised the issue of the ongoing Kokborok Script Debate in the assembly session on March 28, 2023. He have addressed that the government has to keep the people's demand before making any decision relating to Kokborok. Specifically on Kokborok Subject issue is CBSE, Debbarma demanded the question paper should be written both in Roman script as it is efficient for the students.[17][18]

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 24 September 2015. 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. ↑ "Former MLA Animesh Debbarma joins TIPRA". indigenousherald.com. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  12. ↑ "Tripura ADC elections 2021: TIPRA and INPT announces candidate list". thenortheasttoday.com. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "TIPRA candidate wins by highest margin in Tripura". The Times of India. 3 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  14. ↑ Banik, Mrinal (13 April 2023). "Water woes in hills: Tripura Leader of Opposition serves ultimatum". EastMojo. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  15. ↑ "Shri Animesh Debbarma" (PDF). Tripura Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  16. ↑ "Talks between Centre and TIPRA Motha resume on constitutional solution, assures Animesh Debbarma". India Today NE. 30 April 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  17. ↑ "Motha seeks Tripura CM's intervention to allow both Roman, Bengali scripts in Kokborok exams". The Indian Express. 17 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
  18. ↑ "Uproar in Tripura Assembly over script for Kokborok dialect". The Hindu. 29 March 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
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