Manik Dey (born 18 October 1952) 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 ...

. Dey was 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 Majlishpur constituency in West Tripura district. He was ex-minister of Power, Urban Development, Rural Development and Transport in Manik Sarkar Government.

Personal life & political career

Manik Dey was born on 18 October 1952 in

Champaknagar Champaknagar is a small town some 30 km away from Agartala, the State capital of Tripur, India on the banks of river Haora River, Saidra. Education * Champaknagar H.S School * Tripura Loka Sikshalaya High School * Montfort Higher Secondary Sc ...

to Chandra Dey and Basanti Dey. He only studied till the 12th grade. Dey was interested in politics from an early age. In 1978, at the age of 26, he became panchayet pradhan of Purba Debendra Nagar. In 1988, he joined the State Committee of the Communist (Marxist) Party. His success as the

Member of the 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 ...

returned in 1993, when he was elected to the Assembly from Majlishpur,

Jirania Jirania is a small town in the Indian state of Tripura on the banks of river Saidra (Haora). It is a Nagar Panchayat and also the headquarters of Jirania Rural Development Block. It is also the headquarters of Jirania Sub Division. It lies ...

. In 2003, he became a Cabinet Minister of Manik Sarkar ministry. Dey is the present State Committee President of

Centre of Indian Trade Unions Centre of Indian Trade Unions, CITU is a National level Trade Union in India and its trade union wing is a spearhead of the Indian Trade Union Movement. The Centre of Indian Trade Unions is today one of biggest assemblies of workers and classe ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dey, Manik People from West Tripura district Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tripura Living people 21st-century Indian politicians 1952 births Tripura MLAs 1993–1998 Tripura MLAs 1998–2003 Tripura MLAs 2003–2008 Tripura MLAs 2008–2013 Tripura MLAs 2013–2018

Personal life & political career

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