TRIPURA: MEET BIPLAB KUMAR DEB, NEXT CHIEF MINISTER OF THE STATE

Guwahati, March 7, 2018:

Biplab Kumar Deb was born in Kakraban, Udaipur in Tripura on 25 November 1971. He is going to take oath as the 10th Chief Minister of Tripura on March 9.

He was raised in Agartala. He obtained his B.A degree from the Tripura University. For further studies, he relocated to Delhi. He stayed in Delhi for 15 years and also worked as a gym instructor. After a gap of 15 years, he returned back to Tripura and became active in Politics. 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 Left Front government led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist). His parents hailed from Kachua Upazila, Chandpur in Bangladesh. He was a former Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) volunteer and previously campaigned in elections to the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council.

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 Amol Chokroborty.

Biplab Deb led a door to door campaign in his constituency with senior leader Sunil Deodhar. He won the Banamalipur Seat by a huge margin of 9700 Votes defeating Left Front's Amol Chokroborty.

He lead the Tripura's Election campaign and successfully defeated Left Front after 25 years by winning 43 seats out of possible 59 seats in Tripura. Biplab Deb campaigned on the subject of youth employment opportunities, which he promised to improve if elected Chief Minister of Tripura. He also promised that he would pay 7th Pay Commission to all the employees of Tripura.

Biplab Kumar Deb is married to Neeti Deb has a daughter and a son. His wife is an officer at State Bank of India currently posted in New Delhi.