Badal Choudhury is an Indian politician and member of the

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. Chowdhury is a member of the

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from the Hrishyamukh constituency in

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. He was minister of Health & Family Welfare and Revenue and Public Works (in Manik Sarkar Government) during 2013–18.World Bank sanctions Rs 1,376 cr for Tripura power upgradation
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Political career

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

. 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

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until 1993. In 2008, Choudhury became a Central Committee member of

References

People from South Tripura district Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from Tripura Living people India MPs 1996–1997 Lok Sabha members from Tripura Tripura MLAs 2018–2023 1951 births Tripura MLAs 1977–1983 Tripura MLAs 1983–1988 Tripura MLAs 1988–1993 Tripura MLAs 1998–2003 Tripura MLAs 2003–2008 Tripura MLAs 2008–2013 Tripura MLAs 2013–2018 State cabinet ministers of Tripura {{Tripura-politician-stub