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Badal Choudhury
বাদল চৌধুরী
Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Revenue and Public Works, Tripura
In office
March 2013 – 9 March 2018
Chief MinisterManik Sarkar
Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura
In office
1998–2023
Preceded byDilip Chowdhury
Succeeded byAsoke Chandra Mitra
ConstituencyHrishyamukh
Member of the Indian Parliament
for Tripura West
In office
1996–1998
Preceded bySantosh Mohan Dev
Succeeded bySamar Chowdhury
ConstituencyTripura West
Member of Legislative Assembly (India), Tripura
In office
1977–1993
Preceded byChandra Sekhar Dutta
Succeeded byDilip Chowdhury
ConstituencyHrishyamukh
Personal details
Born (1951-11-01) 1 November 1951 (age 72)[1]
Belonia
Political partyCPI(M)
SpouseSmt. Namita Gope (Choudhury)

Badal Choudhury is an Indian politician and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Chowdhury is a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from the Hrishyamukh constituency in South Tripura district. He was minister of Health & Family Welfare and Revenue and Public Works (in Manik Sarkar Government) during 2013–18.[2][3][4]

Political career

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Badal Choudhury was very active in student movements in his student days. In 1968 at the age of 17, he became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In 1972–1981, he was the Secretary of C.P.I.(M) Belonia Divisional Committee. During 1974, he was promoted as State Committee Member of C.P.I.(M). In 1977, Choudhury was elected for the first time as Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura until 1993. In 2008, Choudhury became a Central Committee member of Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Oath / Affirmation by Eleventh Legislative Assembly Members" (PDF). tripuraassembly.nic.in. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Shri Manik Dey". Archived from the original on 26 November 2016. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. ^ Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Flags Off Rail Line In Tripura
  4. ^ World Bank sanctions Rs 1,376 cr for Tripura power upgradation