Pranab Debbarma (born 21 December 1962) is an Indian politician and member of the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...

. He is the former member of

Tripura Legislative Assembly The Tripura Legislative Assembly or Tripura Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tripura, with 60 Members of the Legislative Assembly. The present Assembly is located in Gurkhabasti. Ujjayanta Palace in Agartala ser ...

since 1993 to 2018 from

Simna (Tripura Vidhan Sabha constituency) Simna is one of the 60 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Tripura state in India. It is in West Tripura district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It is also part of the Tripura West Lok Sabha constituency. ...

. In

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 ...

he was defeated by IPFT candidate Brishaketu Debbarma.

Early life

Debbarma was born on 21 December 1962 in Ishanpur, Sidhai

Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the eas ...

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. He has involved himself in student movement from 1978 to 1988 with the banner of

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TSU. He completed his graduation from

Maharaja Bir Bikram College Maharaja Bir Bikram College or MBB College is a degree college of the Indian state of Tripura, imparting general education in the streams of Science, Commerce and Humanities. Established in 1947, it is the oldest college in the state of Tripura ...

. After his graduation he joined Youth Organisation to know the actual problems of youths. In 1996, he was kidnapped by

All Tripura Tiger Force The All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) was a Tripuri nationalist militant group active in India's Tripura State. It was founded on 11 July 1990, by a group of former Tripura National Volunteer members under the leadership of Ranjit Debbarma. Th ...

and he was taken to

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, he spent 11 months under their strong surveillance.

Political career

He started his political career as a student activist from 1978. Later he joined

Tribal Youth Federation Tribal Youth Federation (in Bengali ''Upajati Juba Federation'') is an organization affiliated to Democratic Youth Federation of India in Tripura. TYF organizes youth from the tribal populations of the state. TYF has a separate central commi ...

a tribal youth wing of

CPI(M) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the nat ...

. In 1993,

election he became Member of Legislative Assembly from Simna ST. From 1993 to 2018 he was the MLA of Simna Constituency. He is Member of CPI(M) Tripura state committee and the Central committee member of

Ganamukti Parishad Ganamukti Parishad (Bengali for 'Tripura State Indigenous People's Liberation Council') is a left-wing movement working amongst the Tripuri peoples of Tripura, in north-eastern India. It is affiliated with Communist Party of India (Marxist) as it ...

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Secretary, Sub-division Committee

CPM heralds change in tribal organisation-The Telegraph
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