Radha Charan Debbarma (born 10 January 1963) is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Executive Member of

Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council The Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) is an autonomous district council administering the Tipra-dominated areas of the state of Tripura, India. Its council and assembly are situated in Khumulwng, a town 26 km away ...

from May 2015 to May 2020. He is a member of

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and the current General Secretary of

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the tribal wing of the party. Debbarma was Executive Member of TTAADC from 2005 to 2015.
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'' Debbarma's term expired on 17 May 2020 and following the postponement of elections a result of the global coronavirus pandemic,

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is currently under

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Early life

Radha Charan Debbarma hails from

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under

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 ...

Sub-division. He was born in a lower-middle-class family in

Mandwi Mandwi is a town in the Sadar sub-division of the state of Tripura in the West Tripura district in India. It is in the Mandwi Rural Development Block Description Mandwi (Mandai) is settled over a hilltop. It was previously known as "Mandai" b ...

West Tripura district West Tripura is an administrative district in the state of Tripura in India. The district headquarters are located at Agartala. As of 2012 it is the most populous district of Tripura (out of 8). Geography Climate District Profile The informa ...

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. Debbarma was very active in student movements in his student days. He was also General Secretary of Tribal Student's Union. He completed his graduation 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 ...

Political career

Debbarma was interested in politics in his early life. In 1995, TTAADC election for the first time he was elected from Jirania constituency by CPI(M) ticket and became Executive Member. He served as

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in TTAADC from 2000 to 2005, when the CPI(M) government was defeated by IPFT. In 2005, he was elected from Jirania (TTAADC Constituency) and became Executive Member of

. In

2015 Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council election Elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC) were held on 4 May 2015. 25 of the 28 elected seats in the Autonomous District Council are reserved for Scheduled Tribes.Left Fronte List'' There were 638,060 eligible vo ...

Debbarma won the election with 13,151 votes and he formed his Government in TTAADC. Debbarma took oath as Chief Executive Member of TTAADC on 17 May 2015.

Chief Executive Member of TTAADC

Taking office

Radhacharan served as Executive Member for three terms (1995–2000 and 2005–2015). In

he won his seat by a margin of 8901 votes. He was sworn in as Chief Executive Member on 17 May 2015.

Development projects

The Jamatia Customary Law (total 313 sections and 30 chapters) passed in TTAADC in September 2017 and Debbarma formally handed over the law to ''"Hoda Okra"'', the heads of

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community, on 16 September 2017 in a mass gathering at

Khumulwng Khumulwng is a town in the West Tripura district in the Indian state of Tripura. It is the headquarters and the largest town of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council. History Khumulwng was established in 1991. The TTAADC headquar ...

. As Chief Executive Member, Debbarma favored to develop the language, culture, land and economy of the indigenous tribal communities. He distributed Auto-Trucks to 45 unemployed tribal youths for reducing the unemployment ratings from

through the "Sikla Ham Malkhung scheme"(Youth Development Vehicle) on 7 Feb. 2020.

References

External links

CPI(M) Tripura State Committee
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