Sudip Roy Barman
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Sudip Roy Barman | |
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| Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 1998 | |
| Constituency | Agartala |
| Cabinet Minister, Government of Tripura[1] | |
| In office March 2018 – June 2019 | |
| Governor | Tathagata Roy |
| Chief Minister | Biplab Kumar Deb |
| Ministry and Departments |
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| Succeeded by | Biplab Kumar Deb Jishnu Dev Varma |
| Vice President, Tripura Youth Congress | |
| In office 1994–1996 | |
| General Secretary, Tripura Youth Congress | |
| In office 1991–1993 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 4 February 1966 |
| Party | Indian National Congress (1986–2016 & 2022 – present) |
| Spouse | Pinaki Ganguli |
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| Alma mater | NIT Agartala (B.Tech) Calcutta University (B.E) Tripura University (LLB) |
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Sudip Roy Barman is an Indian politician from Tripura. He served as the MLA of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from the Agartala constituency which he held since 1998 by winning four elections consecutively on INC ticket by handsome margins. In 2018, he contested from Agartala constituency and won on BJP ticket. On 7 February 2022, he quit BJP and resigned from his MLA post. On 8 February he joined the Indian National Congress in Delhi. Again on 23 June 2022, he contested from Agartala constituency and won on INC ticket defeating his nearest rival of BJP by more than 3500 votes.
Sudip Roy Barman was born in Agartala to Samir Ranjan Barman & Maya Roy Barman. His father Samir Barman served as the Chief Minister of Tripura from 1992 to 1993. Barman holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Calcutta University and a Law degree from the Tripura Government Law College.[2] During his college days, Barman was actively involved with NSUI, the Students Wing of the Indian National Congress. In 1986 he was elected as the General Secretary of NSUI. In the early '90s, Barman emerged as a Youth Leader propagating for the INC. He was appointed the General Secretary of the Tripura Youth Congress in 1991 which he held up to 1994 before getting appointed the Vice President. In 1997 Barman was voted as a member of the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee & later appointed the vice president of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee in 2001.
Personal life
Barman is actively involved in the anti-dowry movement, and he is a well-known figure in Tripura for his active participation in blood donation camps. Approximately 200 units of blood have been donated by Tripura Youth Congress. He participated in the National Seminar on the prevention of AIDS held in New Delhi in 2002. Every year he distributes books to down-trodden students.