Biplab Kumar Deb
Biplab Kumar Deb
Biplab Kumar Deb (born 25 November 1971) is an Indian politician from Bharatiya Janata Party serving as Member of Parliament from Tripura West. He served as the Member of Rajya Sabha from Tripura from 2022 to 2024. He also served as the 10th Chief Minister of Tripura from 2018 to 2022. He was the first Chief Minister of Tripura from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was the member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from Banamalipur constituency from 2018 to 2022. He was also the president of the Bharatiya Janata Party's Tripura unit from 2016 to 2018.
Personal life
Biplab Deb was born on 25 November 1971 in Rajdhar Nagar village, Udaipur, Gomati district, Tripura to Hirudhan Deb and Mina Rani Deb. His parents had migrated to India as refugees from Chandpur District, East Pakistan during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 before his birth. His father is a citizen of India since 27 June 1967. He spent his childhood and schooling days in Tripura, completing his graduation from Tripura University before shifting to New Delhi. He later returned to Tripura after spending 15 years in New Delhi and other parts of northern India.
Political career
Deb was elected the President of Tripura state unit of BJP in January 2016, succeeding Sudhindra Dasgupta, a veteran who was party president for five years. He started his political career by campaigning for the 2018 state election. He began his campaign from the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council which was believed to be the base of the then governing CPI(M)).
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