Prakash Chandra Das (born 27 November 1958) is a politician of

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from the state of

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. He is a former Minister in the

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-TUJS coalition government that governed the state of Tripura between 1988-1993 and three time MLA. He contested as an

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candidate from the Bamutia(SC) constituency six times consecutively from 1988 to 2013 winning thrice, in 1988, 1998 and 2003.3 - Bamutia (SC) Assembly Constituency
Election Commission of India

Early life

He was born on 27 November 1958. He did his graduation of

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in History from

Maharaja Bir Bikram College Maharaja Bir Bikram College or MBB College is a degree college of the Indian state of Tripura, imparting general education in the streams of Science, Commerce and Humanities. Established in 1947, it is the oldest college in the state of Tripura ...

, then under the

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Political activities

He got involved in politics at a young age through

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in student politics. He contested as an

candidate in the 1988 assembly elections from 3-Bamutia assembly constituency where he defeated the

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candidate and was also a minister in the INC-TUJS alliance that governed the state from 1988 to 1993. He won again from the same constituency in 1998 and in 2003. He served as vice-president of pradesh youth congress, Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary, member of

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. He was also the chairman of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee SC Department from 2004 till he resigned from the party in June, 2016. He was declared as the vice-president of Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Congress. He quit trinamool and joined BJP on April, 2017. He rejoined INC in March 2019. He quit INC and joined AITC in July, 2021.

Other activities

He is very active in matters related to upliftment of

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and in bringing equality to them and economically empowering them. He is the President of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Smriti Jan Kalyan Sanstha, a

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References

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