Biplab Kumar Deb

Biplab Kumar Deb
10th Chief Minister of Tripura
Assumed office
9 March 2018[1]
Governor Tathagata Roy
Preceded by Manik Sarkar
Personal details
Born (1971-11-25) 25 November 1971
Udaipur, Gomati district, Tripura[2]
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse(s) Niti Deb
Children 1 daughter Shreya and 1 son Aryan
Residence Tripura
Alma mater Tripura University

Biplab Kumar Deb (born 25 November 1971)[2] is an Indian politician from Tripura and the current Chief Minister of Tripura. He has been the state president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Tripura since 7 January 2016. He led the BJP to victory in the 2018 Legislative Assembly Election, defeating 25 years rule of the Left Front government led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He took his oath as the 10th Chief Minister of Tripura on 9 March 2018.[3][4][5]

Early life

Biplab Deb was born on 25 November 1971 in Udaipur, Gomati district, Tripura.[2][6] His parents had migrated to India as refugees from Bangladesh before his birth.[7][8] His father is a citizen of India since 27 June 1967.[9] He spent his childhood and schooling days in Tripura, completing his graduation from Tripura University before shifting to New Delhi to join RSS.[2][10] He later returned to Tripura after an absence of 15 years. He previously campaigned in elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council.[11]

Political career

On 8 August 2017 Biplab Deb helped bring about the defection of Indian National Congress MLAs led by Sudip Roy Barman to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He led the local BJP into the 2018 Legislative Assembly election, attempting to gain office after 25 years of Left Front rule. He contested the election from Banamalipur Constituency in Agartala, which was held by Indian National Congress MLA Gopal Roy. He also faced Communist Party of India (Marxist) youth leader and former state President of Students Federation of India Amol Chakraborty. He won the Banamalipur Seat by a margin of 9549 votes over the Left Front candidate. Deb led the Tripura's Election campaign and successfully defeated Left Front after 25 years by winning 44 seats with his ally Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura out of possible 60 seats in Tripura. The day after the results he went to CPI(M) Party Office to meet with outgoing Chief Minister Manik Sarkar and seek his blessings for the new government.[12] He also paid his tribute to the late minister Khagendra Jamatia.[13] Biplab Deb warned his fellow party workers to stay away from any sort of violence in Tripura.[14]

Biplab Deb campaigned on the subject of youth employment opportunities, which he promised to improve if elected Chief Minister of Tripura.[15] He also promised that he would pay 7th Pay Commission to all the employees of Tripura. He praised Narendra Modi during the campaign and stated that he considers him as his political Guru.[16] Deb brought in key BJP ministers from across India to campaign for the party in Tripura.[17][18]

Controversy

In April 2018, Deb stirred nationwide controversy by claiming that internet and satellite existed since the Mahabharata era.[10] He also made controversial remarks on the Civil Service Examination, advising civil engineers rather than mechanical engineers to apply.[19] He also stated that international beauty pageants were a farce, and claimed that the decision to award Miss World and Miss Universe titles to Indian women for five years in a row was market-driven rather than based on the beauty of the participants.[20]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Sharma, Akhilesh; Choudhury, Ratnadip (5 March 2018). Varma, Shylaja, ed. "Biplab Deb, 48-Year-Old Leader Trained By RSS, To Be Tripura Chief Minister: Sources". NDTV.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Biplab Deb to be next Tripura CM, Jishnu Deb Burman his deputy; swearing-in likely on Friday". Firstpost. 6 March 2018. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "From Manik Sarkar to Modi's sarkar: End of the road for India's poorest CM". The Economic Times. The Times Group. 3 March 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
  4. ↑ Sanyal, Anindita (ed.). "Tripura Chief Minister Stands By Claim Of Internet In Mahabharat Era". NDTV. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Twitter roasts Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb's claims on internet during the Mahabharata era". Mumbai Mirror. 19 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  6. ↑ Bhattacharya, Amava; Bhattacharjee, Biswendu (6 August 2018). "NRC battle plays out on Biplab's Wiki page over 'Bangla birth' claims".
  7. ↑ Chandpur, Ibrahim Rony (4 March 2018). "Tripura CM-elect Biplab has ancestral ties in Chandpur". Dhaka Tribune.
  8. ↑ Khokon, Sahidul Hasan (9 March 2018). "Tripura's new CM phones Bangladesh PM, seeks cooperation". India Today. Dhaka.
  9. ↑ "Tripura CM's birthplace not in Bangladesh: CMO". Business Standard. Press Trust of India. 6 August 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Internet and satellite existed since Mahabharata era, claims Tripura CM Biplab Deb". Times of India. The Times Group. Asian News International. 18 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Biplab Deb elected new Tripura BJP chief". United News of India. Agartala. 7 January 2016.
  12. ↑ IANS (2018-03-04). "BJP's probable Tripura CM candidate meets Sarkar". GulfNews. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  13. ↑ "BJP's Biplab seeks Sarkar's blessing - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  14. ↑ "Personal enmity to blame for post-poll violence in Tripura: CM Biplab Kumar - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  15. ↑ "Will create 7 lakh jobs within 30 months: Tripura CM Biplab Deb - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  16. ↑ "Interview with Biplab Deb, BJP State Party President". tripurainfo.com. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  17. ↑ "Sunil Deodhar and 3 Others Who Led the BJP Campaign in Northeast". The Quint. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  18. ↑ Varma, Gyan (2018-03-03). "How BJP fashioned Tripura win?". livemint.com/. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
  19. ↑ "Civil, and not mechanical, engineers should go for Civil Services: Tripura CM Biplab Deb". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  20. ↑ "Tripura CM Biplab Deb courts controversy again, says 1997 Miss World Diana Hayden not 'an Indian beauty' like Aishwarya Rai". The New Indian Express. 26 April 2018.
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