Naresh Chandra Jamatia (born 16 November 1959) is an Indian politician from

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 ...

. He previously served in the Fourth Manik Sarkar ministry as Minister of Forest, Rural Development and Election. He is a former

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 ...

(MLA) of Bagma (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in the

Gomati district Gomati district is a district of Tripura, India. This district was created in January 2012 when four new districts were created in Tripura, taking the number of districts in the state from four to eight. Udaipur is its headquarters. The district ...

. He is the 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 ...

and current President of

Ganamukti Parishad Ganamukti Parishad (Bengali language, Bengali for 'Tripura State Indigenous People's Liberation Council') is a left-wing politics, left-wing movement working amongst the Tripuri people, Tripuri peoples of Tripura, in north-eastern India. It is af ...

Early life and political career

Jamatia was born on 16 November 1959 to Gobinda Roy Jamatia and Bipra Rani Jamatia. In the 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election he was defeated by

BJP The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

candidate

Ram Pada Jamatia Rama Pada Jamatia (born 13 February 1957) is an Indian politician from Tripura. He formerly served as Minister of Tribal Welfare (excluding TRP & PTG) and Industry & Commerce (Handloom, Handicrafts and Sericulture) in Government of Tripura unde ...

References

1959 births Living people Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tripura Tripuri people Tripura MLAs 2008–2013 Tripura MLAs 2013–2018 {{Tripura-politician-stub