Birajit Sinha is the State President of

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and a well known

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from

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representing

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as an MLA for 6th term in

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Early life and career

Birajit Sinha joined student politics at the age of 17 in 1969, and has been an active member of

since 1972. He was appointed president of Tripura State Youth Congress in 1978 and continued in the role until 1990. He also served as a Cabinet Minister in Tripura from 1988 to 1993. He held a number of leadership roles in Indian National Congress, including membership of the National Council of

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and the

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. He was first elected as a member of the

in 1988 and was a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1993. He was again elected in 1998 and was Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2000. In 2003 Legislative Assembly elections he was the State Congress President and the chief ministerial candidate of INC where he was re-elected from his seat but the party couldn't get the majority. In 2008 Legislative Assembly elections 2013 Legislative Assembly elections, he was re-elected to represent

constituency. He was appointed the President of the

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on 9 January 2015. He was again appointed as the President of

in 2021 becoming the only state leader to be given the charge of President

for 3 terms. In 2023 Legislative Assembly elections he contested from

and won with 9686 votes against

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rival securing the highest margin ever recorded from the constituency. He is representing

for the 6th term, which is also highest number of representation in the constituency by an individual. Countries Visited : Visited Oman in 1983 (as a member of Indian delegation to attend international Youth Festival), Visited China in 1985 ( as a member of Indian delegation to attend International Youth Festival)

Other activities

Birajit Sinha is engaged with various social activities. He is the Founder President of ASHRAY – a registered social voluntary organisation working on the program areas of healthcare, welfare and national development. He is also involved with health camps and blood donation camps in rural and remote tribal areas. He is the Vice President of the Committee for National Integration, a national based organisation that promotes national integration and communal harmony. He was awarded the Rashtriya Ekta Puraskar in 2000 for outstanding contributions to communal harmony in Tripura.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinha, Birajit Indian National Congress politicians from Tripura People from Unakoti district Living people 1950s births Tripura MLAs 1998–2003 Tripura MLAs 2003–2008 Tripura MLAs 2008–2013 Tripura MLAs 2013–2018 Tripura MLAs 1988–1993