Jagadish Debbarma

Jagadish Debbarma
Jagadish Debbarma at Tipra Women Federation Rally in 2023
Chairman of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council TTAADC
In office
20 April 2021 – 6 May 2026
Preceded byRanjit Debbarma
Succeeded byBhaba Ranjan Reang
Member of District Council Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 April 2021
Preceded byRadhacharan Debbarma
Constituency15-Jirania, (ST)
Personal details
Born (1956-12-08) 8 December 1956 (age 69)
Party
EducationBachelor of Commerce, Hons
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta
OccupationPolitician, Statesman

Jagadish Debbarma (born 8 December 1956) is an Indian veteran senior politician and elected former Chairman of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADC). He served as the Chairman of the Council from 2021 to 2026, and he is also the Member of District Council since 19 April 2021. Jagadish Debbarma is an also the human rights defender and one of the member of the indigenous Borok community in India. He is recognized as a senior party leader of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT). Now merged with the Tipra Motha Party (TMP) on 11 June 2021. Earlier he was the chairperson and General Secretary of the party (INPT).

Political career

Debbarma ran for MDC in the 2021 TTAADC election which was held on 6 April 2021. His party the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra forged an alliance with TIPRA Motha and contested on five seats and won on two seats. He won the 15-Jirania constituency seat under the West Tripura district. And became a Member of the District Council (MDC). .

On 19 April 2021, at the oath-taking ceremony, Debbarma was unanimously elected as the TTAADC chairman. This was the second time he chaired the council, from 1990 to 1995.

References

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  2. ↑ "TRIPURAINFO : The first news, views & information website of TRIPURA". tripurainfo.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
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  5. ↑ Bureau, TNT (9 March 2021). "Tripura ADC elections 2021: TIPRA and INPT announces candidate list". The Northeast Today. The Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) which is the ally of TIPRA also announced the five candidates on 8 March. General Secretary of INPT Jagadish Debbarma said, they will contest only five seats. INPT president Bijoy Hrangkhawl is contesting from Karamchara constituency and Jagadish Debbarma from Jirania constituency. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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  10. ↑ Admin (13 April 2021). "List Of ADC Constituencies In TTAADC Tripura". TripuraGk. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  11. ↑ Ali, Syed Sajjad (10 April 2021). "Big win for TIPRA in Tripura Tipra council election". The Hindu. Among the notable winners were TIPRA chairman Mr. Debbarman, and senior leaders Jagadish Debbarma, Animesh Debbarma and Chitta Debbarma. Jagadish Debbarma, former chairman of the legislative wing of the TTAADC, defeated former chief executive member and senior CPI(M) leader Radha Charan Debbarma in the Jirania constituency. The latter, along with other executive members, had resigned in May last year after the completion of their tenure. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  12. ↑ Post, The Tripura (16 April 2021). "GK Rao To Administer Oath In TTAADC | | The Tripura Post". Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Purna Jamatia new chief of Tripura tribal council, BJP stays away from oath-taking". Outlook India. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
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  15. ↑ "New party takes charge of TTAADC". Nagaland Post. TIPRA Motha's ally INPT's general secretary Jagadhish Debbarma was elected new Chairman of the TTAADC and Purnachandra Jamatia has been chosen as new Chief Executive Member (CEM). 19 April 2021. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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