Ashish Kumar Saha
Ashish Saha | |
|---|---|
| President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee | |
| Assumed office 17 June 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Birajit Sinha |
| Member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2009–2022 | |
| Preceded by | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar |
| Succeeded by | Manik Saha |
| Constituency | Town Bordowali |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 January 1960 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
Ashish Kumar Saha is an Indian politician from Tripura, India. He is currently serving as President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee.
In the 2018 assembly elections, he represented Town Bardowali constituency in West Tripura in Tripura Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3][4]
Political career
[edit]In 2016, he was one of the six MLAs from Indian National Congress who joined Trinamool Congress, due to unhappiness with the party because of allying with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[5]
On 23 December 2016, Saha demanded that Tripura Forest and Rural development Minister Naresh Jamatia (CPI-M) be removed over a sex scandal that Jamatia was allegedly involved in.[6]
In August 2017, he was one of the six MLAs from Trinamool Congress who joined Bharatiya Janata Party.[7] In 2022 he rejoined Indian National Congress.
References
[edit]- ^ "Assembly Since 1963" (PDF). p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
- ^ TPCC top brass resign from their post
- ^ Town Bardowali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
- ^ My Neta
- ^ Six Congress MLAs in Tripura join Trinamool
- ^ "TMC, BJP demand removal of Tripura minister over alleged sex scandal". 23 December 2016.
- ^ "Recognise Ex-TMC MLAs as BJP Members in Tripura: BJP". Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
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