Mailafru Mog (born 1971) is an Indian politician from

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. He is a member of the

Tripura Legislative Assembly The Tripura Legislative Assembly or Tripura Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tripura, with 60 Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Members of the Legislative Assembly. The present Assembly is located in G ...

from Manu Assembly constituency, which is reserved for Scheduled Tribe community, in

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. He won the

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, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Early life and education

Mog is from Manu, South Tripura district, Tripura. He is the son of Kejari Mog. He passed Class 8 in 1992 through Madhyamik examinations conducted by

Tripura Board of Secondary Education Tripura Board of Secondary Education (TBSE) is a board of school education in the state of Tripura, India. Currently Dr.Bhabatosh Saha is the president of TBSE.It is a state agency of the Government of Tripura which is responsible for the promo ...

Career

Mog won from Manu Assembly constituency representing the

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in the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election. He polled 15,469 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Pravat Chowdhury of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

, by a margin of 547 votes.

References

1971 births Living people Marma people Indian Buddhists People from South Tripura district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Tripura Tripura MLAs 2023–2028 {{Tripura-BJP-politician-stub