Rajeshwar Debbarma

Rajeshwar Debbarma
Rajeshwar Debbarma in 2024
Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
In office
2003–2008
Succeeded byNiranjan Debbarma
ConstituencyTakarjala
Personal details
Born
Tripura, India
PartyTIPRA Motha Party
Other political
affiliations
SpouseMerry Rupini
EducationB.A. Arts
Alma materKrishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Guwahati

Rajeshwar Debbarma is a Tiprasa Indian politician from Tripura and a leader of the Tipra Motha Party (TMP). He was a Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from 2003 to 2008 representing Takarjala Assembly Constituency as a candidate of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra. As of 2025, Debbarma is one of the senior spokesperson of the TMP.

Political career

Rajeshwar Debbarma began his political career as a member of the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) in the early 2000s. He was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly from the Takarjala Constituency.[citation needed]

Rajeshwar joined the Indian National Congress after repeated defeats of the INPT in subsequent elections. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party after it came to power in 2018.[citation needed]

However, Rajeshwar quit the BJP in 2019 in protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. Rajeshwar then joined the TIPRA, having worked with its founder Pradyot Bikram Manikya Deb Barma over the years. He was appointed as political secretary and has been one of the top advisors in the party.

References

  1. ↑ "List of all MLA from Takarjala Assembly Constituency Seat(Tripura)". Result University.
  2. ↑ "Takarjala(ST) Tripura Assembly Election 2003". Latestly. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Tripura Assembly Election Results 2003". Election India. Retrieved 12 January 2023.
  4. ↑ "2003 Vidhan Sabha / Assembly election results Tripura". India Votes.
  5. ↑ "TIPRA Motha Appoints Four New Official Spokespersons to Strengthen Organisational Outreach". tripurainfo DOT com. Retrieved 28 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "Tripura: Ex-MLA and prominent BJP leader Rajeshwar Debbarma quits party over Citizenship Amendment Bill". thenortheasttoday.com. 29 January 2019. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  7. ↑ "Rajeshwar Debbarma quits BJP, claims the party didn't fulfill poll promises - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  8. ↑ PTI (30 November 2022). "Tipra Motha to hold demonstration in Delhi demanding 'Greater Tipraland'". ThePrint. Retrieved 11 February 2023.