Narendra Chandra Debbarma (28 August 1942 – 1 January 2023) was an Indian politician who was the president of the

Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura The Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) is a regional political party in Tripura, India. It is a member of the National Democratic Alliance and North-East Democratic Alliance. The party was merged into the Indigenous Nationalist Party ...

and director of

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. He was from

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. Debbarma allied his party with the

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in the

2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election The 2018 Tripura Legislative Assembly election was held on 18 February for 59 of the state's 60 constituencies. The counting of votes took place on 3 March 2018. With 43.59% of the vote, the BJP secured a majority of seats (36) and subsequently ...

and won 8 seats out of 9 which constituted 7.5% of the total votes polled.

Positions held

* President,

Indigenous People's Front of Tripura The Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura (IPFT) is a regional political party in Tripura, India. It is a member of the National Democratic Alliance and North-East Democratic Alliance. The party was merged into the Indigenous Nationalist Party ...

(2000–2023) * Minister of Land & Revenue and Forests (2018–2023) * Member, Tripura State Planning Board (2019–2023) * Director, All India Radio, Agartala *

Death

Debbarma died at Agartala Hospital on 1 January 2023, at the age of 80 after he suffered a massive cerebral stroke.

References

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