Birajit Sinha

Birajit Sinha is the State President of Indian National Congress and a well known politician from Tripura, India representing Kailashahar as an MLA for 6th term in Tripura Legislative Assembly

Birajit Sinha
President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
24 September 2021  17 june 2023
Preceded byPijus Kanti Biswas
Succeeded byAshish Kumar Saha
In office
9 January 2015  22 March 2019
Preceded byDiba Chandra Hrangkhawl
Succeeded byKirit Pradyot Debbarman
Cabinet Minister, Government of Tripura
In office
5 February 1988  10 March 1993
Governor
Chief Minister
Succeeded byTapan Chakraborty
Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2 March 2023
Preceded byMoboshar Ali
ConstituencyKailashahar
In office
1998–2018
Preceded byTapan Chakraborty
Succeeded byMoboshar Ali
Personal details
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseKanchan Sinha
ChildrenVishal Sinha, Rishiraj Sinha
Residence(s)Tripura, India

Early life and career

Birajit Sinha joined student politics at the age of 17 in 1969, and has been an active member of Indian National Congress since 1972. He was appointed president of Tripura State Youth Congress in 1978 and continued in the role until 1990. He also served as a Cabinet Minister in Tripura from 1988 to 1993. He held a number of leadership roles in Indian National Congress, including membership of the National Council of Indian Youth Congress and the All India Congress Committee.

He was first elected as a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly in 1988 and was a cabinet minister from 1988 to 1993. He was again elected in 1998 and was Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly from 1998 to 2000. In 2003 Legislative Assembly elections he was the State Congress President and the chief ministerial candidate of INC where he was re-elected from his seat but the party couldn't get the majority.

In 2008 Legislative Assembly elections 2013 Legislative Assembly elections, he was re-elected to represent Kailashahar constituency.[1] He was appointed the President of the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee on 9 January 2015.

He was again appointed as the President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee in 2021 becoming the only state leader to be given the charge of President Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee for 3 terms.

In 2023 Legislative Assembly elections he contested from Kailashahar and won with 9686 votes against BJP rival securing the highest margin ever recorded from the constituency. He is representing Kailashahar for the 6th term, which is also highest number of representation in the constituency by an individual.

Countries Visited : Visited Oman in 1983 (as a member of Indian delegation to attend international Youth Festival), Visited China in 1985 ( as a member of Indian delegation to attend International Youth Festival)

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Other activities

Birajit Sinha is engaged with various social activities. He is the Founder President of ASHRAY – a registered social voluntary organisation working on the program areas of healthcare, welfare and national development. He is also involved with health camps and blood donation camps in rural and remote tribal areas. He is the Vice President of the Committee for National Integration, a national based organisation that promotes national integration and communal harmony. He was awarded the Rashtriya Ekta Puraskar in 2000 for outstanding contributions to communal harmony in Tripura.[3][4]

References

  1. "Assembly Since 1963" (PDF). p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  2. "Archived copy". allindiacongress.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. Current members profile Tripura Assembly
  4. "Shri Birajit Sinha, MLA". Allindiacongress.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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