Rabindra Debbarma

Rabindra Debbarma (born 12 January 1965) is an Indian Tiprasa politician from Tripura who is an Executive Member of the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (TTAADA) from Simna-Tamakari constituency.^[2] He is also the Chief Whip of TIPRA Motha Party in TTAADC.^[3]

Rabindra Debbarma
Rabindra Debbarma in plenary session at Khumulwng on 15 July 2023
Executive Member of Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 April 2021
Departments	Education Kokborok
Preceded by	Kumodh Debbarma
Constituency	Simna-Tamakari [1]
Member of Tripura Legislative Assembly
In office 1989–1992
Preceded by	Abhiram Debbarma
Succeeded by	Pranab Debbarma
Constituency	Simna
Personal details
Born	(1965-01-12) 12 January 1965 (age 60) Boiragi Kami, Sumli Hathai, West Tripura
Political party	TIPRA Motha Party
Other political affiliations	Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (formerly)
Spouse	Smt. Kamala Debbarma
Children	1

Political career

Rabindra Debbarma started his political journey as a student leader associated with the Twipra Students' Federation (TSF).

Tripura State Legislature

He contested the 1988 Tripura Legislative Assembly Election from Simna Assembly constituency in which he was defeated by CPIM candidate Abhiram Debbarma.^[4] A year later after Abhiram Debbarma died in 1989, he won the bye-election with TUJS ticket.^{[citation needed]}

Debbarma joined the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra after TUJS was splintered into two group the later being IPFT.^[5] He served as the Assistant General Secretary of the INPT till it was merged with TIPRA in 2021.^[6]

Autonomous District Council

Rabindra Debbarma contested the 2021 TTAADC election as TIPRA Motha candidate and won from the Simna-Tamakari constituency.^[7] He was appointed as the Chief Whip of TTAADC. He was swore in as an Executive Member of TTAADC Government on 18 May 2023.^[8][9]

Positions held

• Chief Whip of TTAADC, 2021–till date^[10][11]
• Assistant General Secretary, Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra till 2021^[12]
• Member, Tripura Legislative Assembly, 1989-1992^{[citation needed]}
• Chairman, Tripura Cooperative Bank from 1990 till 1992^{[citation needed]}