Jitendra Chaudhury
Jitendra Chaudhury | |
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 Jitendra Chaudhury at a CPI(M) rally in Chailengta during the 2023 Tripura Assembly election campaign, 5 February 2023 | |
| 14th Leader of Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 6 March 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Animesh Debbarma |
| Member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Assumed office 6 April 2025 | |
| Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tripura State Committee | |
| Assumed office 19 September 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Goutam Das |
| Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2 March 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Sankar Roy |
| Constituency | Sabroom |
| In office 1993–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Angju Mog |
| Succeeded by | Pravat Chowdhury |
| Constituency | Manu (ST) |
| Member of the Lok Sabha for Tripura East | |
| In office 16 May 2014 – 23 May 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bajuban Reang |
| Succeeded by | Rebati Tripura |
| Minister for Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports, Govt of Tripura | |
| In office 1993–2014 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 June 1958 |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Spouse | Manisha Debbarma |
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| Relatives | 1 |
Jitendra Chaudhury (born 27 June 1958) is an Indian communist politician who is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and serves as the incumbent MLA from Sabroom and as leader of the opposition. Previously, he had won the 2014 Indian general elections from the Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) before conceding defeat against Rebati Tripura of the BJP in 2019.
Jitendra Chaudhury is the current Secretary of the CPI(M) Tripura State Committee. At the 22nd Communist Party Congress in 2018, he was elected as a member of the central committee. He is the national Chairperson of the Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM).