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| name = Jitendra Chaudhury<br>জিতেন্দ্র চৌধুরী
| image = A delegation from Tripura led by Shri Jitendra Chaudhury, MP (Lok Sabha), calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on Thursday, November 24, 2016.jpg
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| caption = A delegation from Tripura led by Jitendra Chaudhury, MP (Lok Sabha), calling on the Union Home Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on Thursday, November 24, 2016
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|06|27|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Jitendra Choudhury: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia |url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/jitendra-choudhury-35798.html |website=www.oneindia.com |accessdate=21 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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| office = Secretary of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] [[Tripura State]] Committee
| term_start = {{start date|2021|09|19|df=yes}}
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| predecessor = Goutam Das
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member]] of the [[Indian Parliament]] <br/> for [[Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tripura East]]
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| term_start1 = 2014
| term_end1 = 2019
| predecessor1 = [[Baju Ban Riyan]]
| successor1 = Rebati Tripura
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| office2 = [[Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Tripura]]
| constituency2 = [[Manu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manu (ST)]]
| term_start2 = 1993
| term_end2 = 2014
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| office3 = [[Minister (government)|Minister for Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports]]
| term_start3 = 1993
| term_end3 = 2014
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
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| spouse = Smt. Manisha Debbarma
| relatives = [[Pravat Chowdhury]] ([[brother]])
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'''Jitendra Chaudhury''' is a member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and had won the [[2014 Indian general elections]] from the [[Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency)]] before conceding defeat against [[Rebati Tripura]] of [[BJP]] in [[2019 Indian general elections|2019]].<ref>{{cite web |title=16th Lok Sabha Election Results 2014, States Wise and Party Wise |url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/2014-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in |accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tripura East MP (Lok Sabha) Election Results 2019 Live: Candidate List, Constituency Map, Winner & Runner Up - Oneindia |url=https://www.oneindia.com/tripura-east-lok-sabha-election-result-416/ |work=www.oneindia.com |language=en}}</ref>

Jitendra Chaudhury is the current State General Secretary of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]. At the 22nd Communist Party Congress in 2018, he was elected as a member of the central committee. He is current president of [[Ganamukti Parishad|GMP]],<ref name="pd">{{cite news |last1=Sinha |first1=Rahul |title=TRIPURA: Huge Rally of GMP: A Clear Warning to BJP {{!}} Peoples Democracy |url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2020/0216_pd/tripura-huge-rally-gmp-clear-warning-bjp |accessdate=21 April 2020 |work=peoplesdemocracy.in |publisher=People Democracy}}</ref> the Indigenous [[Tripuri people|Tripuri]] wing of the party. He is also joint secretary of AIKS,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Krishnan |first1=Vijoo |title=AIKS 34th Conference at Hisar: Organise, Unite & Launch Issue-Based Struggles to Overcome Agrarian Crisis {{!}} Peoples Democracy |url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2017/1015_pd/aiks-34th-conference-hisar-organise-unite-launch-issue-based-struggles-overcome |website=peoplesdemocracy.in |accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref> the peasant's wing of the party. He is the national convener of Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM).<ref>{{cite news |title=Oppose draft national forest policy: Jitendra Choudhary |url=https://telanganatoday.com/oppose-draft-national-forest-policy-jitendra-choudhary |accessdate=21 April 2020 |work=Telangana Today}}</ref>

==Political career==
In 1993, Chaudhury elected from [[Manu (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Manu ST constituency]] as [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate for [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]] election and he won the election. He was the [[Minister (government)|Minister of Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports]] from 1993 to 1998 in [[Dasarath Deb]] Ministry. He was also [[Minister (government)|Minister of Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports]] in [[Manik Sarkar]] Ministry from 1998 to 2014. In [[2014 Indian general election]] he won from [[Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency)]] and became [[List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha|Members]] of the [[16th Lok Sabha|16th]] [[Lok Sabha]] from Tripura.<ref>{{cite news |title=Election results 2014: CPI-M wins both Lok Sabha seats in Tripura |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/election-results-2014-cpi-m-wins-both-lok-sabha-seats-in-tripura/articleshow/35245658.cms?from=mdr |accessdate=21 April 2020 |work=The Economic Times |date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |url=https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/result16.aspx?dbsl=7694 |website=loksabha.nic.in |accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Aghore Debbarma]]
* [[Radhacharan Debbarma]]
* [[Rebati Tripura]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* [http://cpimtripura.org/StateComm.aspx CPI(M) Tripura State Committee]
* [https://www.cpim.org/leadership CPI(M) Central Committee]

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