Birajit Sinha

Birajit Sinha is a politician from Tripura, India.

In 2013 assembly elections, he represented 53- Kailashahar constituency in Unakoti district in Tripura Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Joined in Student Politics at the age of 17 in 1969, Active Member of Indian national Congress since – 1972, Present, Block Youth Congress 1972-75, President, District Youth Congress – 1975, Attended first Cadre Training Camp of Indian Youth Congress at Viswa Yuba Kendra, New Delhi when Late Deb Kanta Barus was the President of Indian Congress in 1976, Appointed President, Tripura Pradesh Youth Congress in 1978 and continued up to 1990, Founder Member of INTUC, Tripura State Unit in 1979, Secretary, Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee in 1981, Cabinet Minister of Tripura from 1988 to 1993, Member National Council, Indian Youth Congress in 1991, Member, All India Congress Committee 1992, Founder president of KISHAN SRAMIK O YUBA KARMI SAMITI since its inception in 1992, Chairman, Tripura Congress Sevadal, 1993-99, Appointed observer by Indian Youth Congress for the state of Meghalaya in 1996, Elected as Member, Tripura Legislative Assembly since 1998, Deputy Leader of Opposition of Tripura Legislative Assembly 1998-2000, Chairman, Tripura Pradesh Congress Steering Committee in 2000, Appointed as president, Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee in 2000- 2005. AICC, Secretary- 2009-2011.

Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee President at present from January 9th 2015.

^[2] He is engaged with various social activities. He is the Founder President of ASHRAY – a registered social voluentary organization. This organization works on the program areas of Health Care, Tribal Welfare, Science & Technology, Women’s Empowerment, livelihood Generation, Disabled Person’s Welfare, National Integration, Natural Resource Management, Research & Development. This social organization is successfully organising the most Prestigious mela of undivided North Tripura District named SAMHATI MELA at Kailashahar for ten days. He is also involved with Health camp in rural and remote tribal areas, blood donation camp and many other livelihood generation program. He is the Vice- President of COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL INTEGRATION – a national based organization for National Integration & Communal harmony. Awarded RASHTRIYA EKTA PURASKAR in the year 2000 for outstanding contribution to maintain communal harmony in the state. ^[3]

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