Rajeshwar Debbarma

Rajeshwar Debbarma is a Tipra Indian politician from Tripura who won the election in 2003^[1] as a candidate of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra. He became MLA of Takarjala.^[2][3][4]

Rajeshwar Debbarma
Rajeshwar Debbarma in 2024
Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
In office 2003–2008
Succeeded by	Niranjan Debbarma
Constituency	Takarjala
Personal details
Born	Tripura, India
Political party	TIPRA Motha Party
Spouse	Merry Rupini
Education	B.A. Arts
Alma mater	Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Guwahati

He was one of the prominent leaders of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra who worked for the betterment of the indigenous people.

Political career

Rajeshwar Debbarma started his political career from the Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (INPT) in the early 2000s. He also elected as Member of Legislative Assembly from Takarjala Constituency.^{[citation needed]}

Later, Rajeshwar joined Congress after repeated defeat of INPT in the subsequent elections. He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party after it came to power in 2018.^{[citation needed]}

However, Rajeshwar quitted BJP in 2019 as a protest against the controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.^[5][6]

Rajeshwar joined TIPRA as having worked with its chairman Pradyot Bikram Manikya over the years. He was appointed as political secretary and has been one of the top advisor in the party.^[7]