Badal Choudhury is an Indian politician and member of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in term ...

. Chowdhury is a member of the

Tripura Legislative Assembly The Tripura Legislative Assembly or Tripura Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tripura, with 60 Members of the Legislative Assembly. The present Assembly is located in Gurkhabasti. Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala ser ...

from the Hrishyamukh constituency in

South Tripura district South Tripura ( bn, দক্ষিণ ত্রিপুরা জেলা) is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in northeastern India. History The district came into existence on 1 September 1970, when the entire state was ...

. He was minister of Health & Family Welfare and Revenue and Public Works (in Manik Sarkar Government) during 2013–18.World Bank sanctions Rs 1,376 cr for Tripura power upgradation
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Political career

Badal Choudhury was very active in student movements in his student days. In 1968 at the age of 17, he became a member of the

. In 1972–1981, he was the Secretary of C.P.I.(M) Belonia Divisional Committee. During 1974, he was promoted as State Committee Member of C.P.I.(M). In 1977, Choudhury was elected for the first time as

Member of Legislative Assembly A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of a constituency to a legislative assembly. Most often, the term refers to a subnational assembly such as that of a state, province, or territory of a country. S ...

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the east a ...

until 1993. In 2008, Choudhury became a Central Committee member of

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People from South Tripura district Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tripura Living people India MPs 1996–1997 Lok Sabha members from Tripura Tripura MLAs 2018–2023 1951 births Tripura MLAs 1977–1983 Tripura MLAs 1983–1988 Tripura MLAs 1988–1993 Tripura MLAs 1998–2003 Tripura MLAs 2003–2008 Tripura MLAs 2008–2013 Tripura MLAs 2013–2018 State cabinet ministers of Tripura {{Tripura-politician-stub