Aghore Debbarma is an Indian politician and a former Agriculture minister of the

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state. As a member of the

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(CPI-M), he represented Asharambari

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constituency of

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. He served as a minister of Tripura for Agriculture, Tribal Welfare, Animal resources. He is also a central committee member of CPI-M and Leader of GMP, the tribal wing of CPI-M. In 2018, he lost the Legislative Assembly election to Mevar Kumar Jamatiya of

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(IPFT).

Political career

In 1985 Debbarma was elected as Chief Executive Member of

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. He was again elected to the same post in 2005. He was also a cabinet minister of Tribal Welfare, Agriculture & Animal Resource Development from 2008 to 2018. He is also a member of the Central Committee of CPIM.

Electoral performance

Awards

He was awarded the Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 by the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Debbarma, Aghore Living people Communist Party of India politicians from Tripura Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tripura 1951 births Tripura MLAs 2013–2018 Tripura MLAs 2008–2013 State cabinet ministers of Tripura Leaders of the opposition in Tripura