Birajit Sinha

Birajit Sinha is an Indian National Congress politician from Tripura, India.

Birajit Sinha
President of the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
9 January 2015 – March 2019
Preceded byDiba Chandra Hrangkhawl
Succeeded byKirit Pradyot Debbarman
Cabinet Minister
In office
1988–1993
Succeeded byTapan Chakraborty
ConstituencyKailasahar
Member of Legislative Assembly
In office
1998–2018
Preceded byTapan Chakraborty
Succeeded byMoboshar Ali
Constituencykailasahar
Personal details
Political partyIndian National Congress
Spouse(s)Kanchan Sinha
ChildrenVishal Sinha, Rishiraj Sinha
ResidenceTripura, 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 INC in Tripura on 9 January 2015.

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.[2][3]

References
  1. "Assembly Since 1963" (PDF). p. 50.
  2. Current members profile Tripura Assembly
  3. "Shri Birajit Sinha, MLA". Allindiacongress.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2014.


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