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| Office | 9th Chief Minister of Tripura |
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| Office | Leader of the Opposition, Tripura Legislative Assembly |
| Office | Tripura State Secretary of the CPI(M) |
| Office | Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura
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| Term start | 11 March 1998 |
| Term end | 8 March 2018 |
| Predecessor | Dasarath Deb |
| Successor | Biplab Kumar Deb
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| Born | 1949-1-22 (age 77) |
| Born | Udaipur, Tripura State, India (modern–day Tripura, India)
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| Political party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Spouse | Panchali Bhattacharya
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Manik Sarkar is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Tripura from March 1998 to March 2018. He is a Politburo Member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1][2] In March 2008, he was sworn in as leader of Left Front, the Tripura coalition government.[3] In assembly elections held in 2013, he became the chief minister for the fourth consecutive time. Currently, he serves as the Leader of Opposition in Tripura Legislative Assembly.[4]
His affidavit for the 2018 Tripura Assembly election revealed that he is the chief minister with least possessions among all his counterparts in India.[5][6][7]
Early life and background
Manik Sarkar was born into a middle-class family.[8] His father, Amulya Sarkar, worked as a tailor, while his mother, Anjali Sarkar, was a State and later Provincial government employee.[9] Sarkar became active in student movements in his student days, and in 1968, at the age of 19, he became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was a candidate of the Students' Federation of India throughout his academic life at MBB College, from where he graduated with a B. Com. degree.[10] During his first year at the college there came the turbulent times of the food movement of 1967, campaigning against the policy of the then Congress government of Tripura, and Sarkar threw himself headlong into the related student struggle. His vigorous role in this mass movement led him to join the Communists.[11] Due to his early political exposure, he also became the General Secretary of the MBB College Student Union and was also made the Vice President of the Students' Federation of India. In 1972, at the early age of 23, he joined the State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[10]
Political career
Six years after being selected in the CPI (M) State Committee, Sarkar was included in the party state Secretariat in the year 1978. This was also the year when the first Left Front government had taken control in Tripura.
In 1980, at the age of 31, he was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Agartala constituency. This was the start of Manik Sarkar's leadership in his state.[12] At around the same time, he was appointed as the Chief Whip of the CPI (M). His success as the Member of the Legislative Assembly returned in 1983, when he was elected to the Assembly from Krishnanagar, Agartala.[8] When the Left Front government took control in 1993, Sarkar was appointed as the State Secretary of the CPI (M).
The biggest success came to Sarkar in 1998. At the age of 49, he became a member of the politburo of the CPI (M), which is the principal policy-making and executive committee in a Communist party.[12][13] In the same year, he became the Chief Minister of the state of Tripura. Since then, he was elected to the same position for four consecutive times in 20 years[12] He is one of the very few chief Ministers in India who were in the office for so long. His party lost majority in the 2018 elections and he had to step down as a result.
Personal life
Sarkar is married to Panchali Bhattacharya, who was employed with the Central Social Welfare Board till she retired in 2011. Sarkar and his wife live a very simple life. Sarkar is the only Indian Chief Minister who does not own a personal car or a home.[14] He chooses to live in an old and a very small house that belonged to his great grandfather. He used to donate his entire salary that he received as a Chief Minister to his party and in return, got Template:INR 10,000 (approximately US$155) per month as allowance.[15][16][17][18]
See also
References
- ↑ List of Politburo Members Template:Webarchive from the 7th (1964) to the 18th Congress(2005)
- ↑ List of Politburo and Central Committee members Template:Webarchive elected on the 19th Congress
- ↑ 6th Left Front Govt Assumes Office Template:Webarchive
- ↑ ?Manik Sarkar, the Corrupted CM. The Hindu(25 January 2013). Retrieved 2013-01-25.
- ↑ With just Rs 2,410 in bank account, country's poorest CM Manik Sarkar turns even poorer after 4 terms.
- ↑ Manik Sarkar: Poorest CM in the country. The Times of India(26 January 2013). Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ National Commission for Scheduled Castes praises Tripura. India Today. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Manik Sarkar: Chief Minister (CM) of Tripura. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ↑ Poorest Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, Shridhar Prasad, K. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Biography of Manik Sarkar. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
- ↑ Archived copy. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 A Profile of Shri Manik Sarkar, Chief Minister, Tripura. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ↑ Politburo. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ↑ Chief Minister Sarkar: India's Icon of Honesty. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ↑ Manik Sarkar 'cleanest and poorest' CM. Deccan Herald(26 January 2013). Retrieved 27 January 2013.
- ↑ India's poorest CM is poorer than his wife. The Hindu(2018-01-31). Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ↑ Tripura CM Manik Sarkar is one of India's poorest CMs, has only Rs 2,410 in bank account - Firstpost. www.firstpost.com(February 2018). Retrieved 2018-03-03.
- ↑ Chandrababu Naidu is richest CM, Manik Sarkar poorest: Report - Times of India ►. The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
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