Badal Choudhury

{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2018}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Badal Choudhury<br>বাদল চৌধুরী | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|11|01|df=y}}<ref name="TA">{{cite web |title=Oath / Affirmation by Eleventh Legislative Assembly Members |url=http://tripuraassembly.nic.in/current%20members%20profilenew.pdf |publisher=tripuraassembly.nic.in |accessdate=13 April 2020}}</ref> | birth_place = Belonia | death_date = | death_place = | office = Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Revenue and Public Works, Tripura | term_start = March 2013 | term_end = 9 March 2018 | predecessor = | successor = | 1blankname = Chief Minister | 1namedata = Manik Sarkar | office2 = Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura | constituency2 = Hrishyamukh | term_start2 = 1998 | term_end2 = 2023 | predecessor2 = Dilip Chowdhury | successor2 = Asoke Chandra Mitra | office3 = Member of the Indian Parliament <br/> for Tripura West | constituency3 = Tripura West | term_start3 = 1996 | term_end3 = 1998 | predecessor3 = Santosh Mohan Dev | successor3 = Samar Chowdhury | office4 = Member of Legislative Assembly (India), Tripura | constituency4 = Hrishyamukh | term_start4 = 1977 | term_end4 = 1993 | predecessor4 = Chandra Sekhar Dutta | successor4 = Dilip Chowdhury | office5 = | constituency5 = | term_start5 = | term_end5 = | predecessor5 = | successor5 = | party = CPI(M) | spouse = Smt. Namita Gope (Choudhury) | college = | children = | alma_mater = | faculty = | website = | source = }} '''Badal Choudhury''' is an Indian politician and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Chowdhury is a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from the Hrishyamukh constituency in South Tripura district. He was minister of Health & Family Welfare and Revenue and Public Works (in Manik Sarkar Government) from 2013 to 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tripura.gov.in/ministerslist/204 |title=Shri Manik Dey |access-date=16 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126121615/http://tripura.gov.in/ministerslist/204 |archive-date=26 November 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/railway-minister-suresh-prabhu-flags-off-rail-line-in-tripura-1652124 Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu Flags Off Rail Line In Tripura]</ref><ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/world-bank-sanctions-rs-1-376-cr-for-tripura-power-upgradation/story-9fhnnlzlxfSQNuxuNJOv6M.html World Bank sanctions Rs 1,376 cr for Tripura power upgradation]</ref>

== Political career == Badal Choudhury was very active in student movements in his student days. In 1968, at the age of 17, he became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). From 1972 to 1981, he was the Secretary of the CPI (M) Belonia Divisional Committee. In 1974, he was promoted to State Committee Member of CPI (M). In 1977, Choudhury was elected for the first time as a Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura, where he would serve until 1993. In 2008, Choudhury became a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).<ref name="TA"/>

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