Mevar Kumar Jamatia

Mevar Kumar Jamatia
Mevar Kumar Jamatia in 2022
Minister of Tribal Welfare, Industries & Commerce (HHS) and Fisheries
In office 9 March 2018 – 16 May 2022[1]
Minister	Shri Biplab Kumar Deb
Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly
In office 2018–2022
Preceded by	Aghore Debbarma
Succeeded by	Animesh Debbarma
Constituency	Asharambari[2][3]
Personal details
Born	Mevar Kumar Jamatia (1968-06-05) 5 June 1968 (age 56) Tripura, India
Political party	Tipra Motha Party
Spouse	Gita Debbarma
Children	1
Alma mater	North-Eastern Hill University

Mevar Kumar Jamatia (born 5 June 1968), is a Tiprasa Indian Politician from Tripura. He is the former Minister of Tribal Welfare, Industries and Commerce, and Forest in Biplab Kumar Deb ministry.[4][5][6][7] He became the MLA from Asharambari Constituency by defeating CPI(M) candidate Aghore Debbarma by a margin of 6,987 votes.[8][9]

Early life and education

Jamatia joined NEHU, Meghlaya for his B.A. studies. He completed his Masters in sociology from NEHU in 1995. He was an active leader of the Twipra Students' Federation (TSF) becoming the General Secretary later.[10]

Political career

In 2018, Mevar Kumar Jamatia took oath as the cabinet minister for Tribal Welfare, Industries & Commerce, and Forestries in the Biplab Deb Ministry.

On 12 May 2022 he was removed from the post and isolated from the IPFT party and just three months before the 2023 Tripura Legislative Assembly election he resigned from the member of Tripura Legislative Assembly on 8 November 2022 and joined Tipra Motha Party on 10 November 2023.[11][12][13]

Electoral performance

Election	Constituency	Party		Result	Votes %	Opposition Candidate	Opposition Party		Opposition vote %	Ref
2018	Asharambari		IPFT	Won	57.34%	Aghore Debbarma		CPI(M)	36.46%	[14]

References

1. "Tripura cabinet: Mevar Kumar Jamatia dropped, Rampada gets cabinet berth". 16 May 2022.
2. "List of all MLA from Asharambari Assembly Constituency Seat (Tripura)". Result University.
3. "Asharambari Elections 2018". Indian Express.
4. "Day After Assuming Office, Tripura Chief Minister Allocates Portfolios".
5. "Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb distributes portfolios among ministers". 10 March 2018.
6. "Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb allocates portfolios to inducted ministers; keeps home, PWD, industries departments for self - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 10 March 2018.
7. "9 cabinet ministers take oath". Archived from the original on 23 March 2018.
8. "Constituencywise-All Candidates". eciresults.nic.in.
9. ADR. "Mevar Kumar Jamatia(IPFT):Constituency- ASHARAMBARI(KHOWAI) - Affidavit Information of Candidate". www.myneta.info.
10. Tribune, The Assam (9 November 2022). "Former Minister and IPFT leader Mevar Kumar Jamatia joins TIPRA". assamtribune.com. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
11. "Tripura: IPFT supremo removes party president". ThePrint. 12 May 2022.
12. Bhattacharjee, Biswendu (8 November 2022). "Tripura: Mevar Kumar Jamatia resigns as IPFT MLA". The Times of India. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
13. Deb, Debraj (10 November 2022). "TIPRA Motha gets another shot in the arm as ex-minister Mevar Kumar Jamatia joins party". The Indian Express. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
14. "Form 20 | Final Result Sheet | General Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly - 2018" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tripura. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 February 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2020.