Sudip Roy Barman is an Indian politician from
Tripura
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. He served as the
MLA of the
Tripura Legislative Assembly
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from the
Agartala constituency which he held since
1998 by winning four elections consecutively on
INC
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ticket by handsome margins. In 2018, he contested from
Agartala constituency and won on
BJP
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ticket. On 7 February 2022, he quit
BJP
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and resigned from his
MLA post. On 8 February he joined the
Indian National Congress
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in
Delhi
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. Again on 23 June 2022, he contested from
Agartala constituency and won on
INC
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ticket defeating his nearest rival of
BJP
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by more than 3500 votes.
Early life and education
Sudip Roy Barman was born in Agartala to
Samir Ranjan Barman
Samir Ranjan Barman is an Indian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Tripura in India from 19 February 1992 to 10 March 1993 as a member of the Indian National Congress. He is the father of the current legislator from Agartala Constituency ...
& Maya Roy Barman. His father Samir Barman served as the
Chief Minister of Tripura from 1992 to 1993. Barman holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from
Calcutta University
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and a Law degree from the Tripura Government Law College. During his college days, Barman was actively involved with
NSUI
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, the Students Wing of the
Indian National Congress
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. In 1986 he was elected as the General Secretary of
NSUI
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. In the early '90s, Barman emerged as a Youth Leader propagating for the
INC
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. He was appointed the General Secretary of the Tripura Youth Congress in 1991 which he held up to 1994 before getting appointed the Vice President. In 1997 Barman was voted as a member of the
Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee
The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (or Tripura PCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Tripura. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as se ...
& later appointed the vice president of
Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee
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in 2001.
Personal life
Barman is actively involved in the anti-dowry movement, and he is a well-known figure in Tripura for his active participation in blood donation camps. Approximately 200 units of blood have been donated by Tripura Youth Congress. He participated in the National Seminar on the prevention of AIDS held in New Delhi in 2002. Every year he distributes books to down-trodden students.
Political career
Barman contested assembly election for the first time in 1993 from
Agartala constituency against former
CPI(M)
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Chief Minister
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Nripen Chakraborty
Nripen Chakraborty (4 April 1905 – 25 December 2004) was an Indian Communist politician who served as the Chief minister of Tripura state from 1978 to 1988. Nripen Chakraborty was involved in the Communist movement in India for six decades ...
and lost. Later, in 1998 Barman contested from the same constituency & defeated
CPI(M)
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leader Krishna Rakshit by a margin of 2062 votes. He won 5 assembly elections consecutively since 1998 defeating prominent Communist leaders Dr Bikash Roy,
Sankar Prasad Datta
Sankar Prasad Datta is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and had won the 2014 Indian general elections from the Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency) before losing to Pratima Bhowmik of BJP in 2019
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, Krishna Rakshit respectively. In 2016, he is one of the six MLAs from
Indian National Congress
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who joined
All India Trinamool Congress
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, due to various inconsistencies with the
Indian National Congress
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allying with
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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in
2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
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. On 7 August 2017, he along with 5 other
AITC MLAs of Tripura Legislative Assembly joined BJP in presence of
Himanta Biswa Sarma
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and
Dharmendra Pradhan
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after they cross voted against the party lines in
2017 Indian presidential election
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. In March 2018, Barman was appointed the Health Minister designated with other portfolios at the
Biplab Deb Cabinet but was removed shortly as the Cabinet Minister due to his anti party activities. On 7 February 2022, he and MLA
Ashish Kumar Saha
Ashish Kumar Saha is an Indian politician from Tripura, India. He is currently serving as President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee.
In 2018 assembly elections, he represented Town Bardowali constituency in West Tripura in Tripura Legi ...
resigned from their MLA post and quit
BJP
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. On 8 February, Barman, along with their supporters, joined
INC
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.
Controversy
* On 19 December 2016, Barman snatched the silver mace belonging to the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and ran off with it while
INC
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* I ...
and
AITC MLAs were criticizing the Forest Minister
Naresh Jamatia over womanizing.
* On 2012, he and his brother Sandip have beaten an on duty Army Officer in front of the media for the latter wanted reimbursement of Tata Docomo, which the franchise has been taken by the Barman family in Agartala.
References
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Living people
People from Agartala
Leaders of the Opposition in Tripura
Tripura politicians
Indian National Congress politicians from Tripura
Trinamool Congress politicians from Tripura
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Tripura
Tripura MLAs 2018–2023
State cabinet ministers of Tripura
1966 births
Tripura University alumni