Pratima Bhoumik (born 28 May 1969) is an Indian politician from Tripura. She served as the Minister of State in the

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in the

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from 7 July 2021 to 11 June 2024.

Early life and education

Bhoumik was born in Barnarayan, Sipahijala District, Tripura. She is the daughter of late Debendra Kumar Bhoumik. She completed her graduation in bio-science in 1991 at Women's College,

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, which is affiliated with

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Career

In 2019, Bhoumik was elected to the

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from the Tripura West as a member of the

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having defeated sitting MP and

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candidate

Sankar Prasad Datta Sankar Prasad Datta is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and had won the 2014 Indian general elections from the Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency) before losing to Pratima Bhowmik of BJP in 2019 This was the year in ...

and Congress candidate Subal Bhowmick by a huge margin. She was also elected to the

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in 2023 from the Dhanpur Assembly constituency but resigned a few days later to retain her Lok Sabha membership and ministerial berth. Since 2016, she has also been a State General Secretary of the BJP Tripura unit.

As party whip of Lok Sabha

Bhoumik was included in the Bharatiya Janata Party's Lok Sabha whip list.

As a Member of Parliament

Bhoumik was elected to the

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, from Tripura West. After the result was formally declared, in an interview with IANS, the 50-year-old science graduate said: "I would work for the all-round development of the state. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah's development mantra and vision are our future course of action for the welfare of the people." Bhowmik, secured 5,73,532 votes (51.77 per cent of the valid votes polled) and won the Tripura West seat defeating her Congress rival Subal Bhowmik by a margin of 3,05,689 votes. She is the second female member of the Lok Sabha from Tripura after Congress' Maharani Bibhu Kumari Devi, also former Tripura minister, who won in 1991.

Lok Sabha Standing Committee

*Member, Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution *Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House

Contribution of the first salary

Pratima Bhowmik, the Lok Sabha MP from Tripura West parliamentary constituency, donated Rs 1,00,000 from her first month's salary for Assam flood relief. At least 67 people have died and 33,55,837 have been affected in the deluge that has inundated over 2,000 villages in 17 districts of Assam.

Union Minister

She became Minister of State

when cabinet overhaul happened. She became first Central Minister from

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References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
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