
Jitendra Chaudhury

Jitendra Chaudhury is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and had won the 2014 Indian general elections from the Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) before conceding defeat against Rebati Tripura of BJP in 2019. 
At the 22nd Communist Party Congress in 2018, he was elected as a member of the central committee. He is current president of GMP, the tribal wing of the party. He is also joint secretary of AIKS, the peasant's wing of the party. He is raising various issues regarding tribal community of Tripura and India. He is the national convener of Adivasi Adhikar Rashtriya Manch (AARM).
Political career.
In 1993, Chaudhury elected from Manu ST constituency as CPI(M) candidate for Tripura Legislative Assembly election and he won the election. He was the Minister of Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports from 1993-1998 in Dasarath Deb Ministry. He was also Minister of Minister of Forest and Industry, Commerce, Sports in Manik Sarkar MInistry from 1998-2014. In 2014 Indian general election he won from Tripura East (Lok Sabha constituency) and became Members of the 16th Lok Sabha from Northeast states.