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	'''Manik Sarkar''' ({{lang-bn\|'''মানিক সরকার'''}}, born 1949) is an ]n politician. He became Chief Minister of ] in March 1998, and is a Politburo Member of ].<ref> from the 7th (1964) to the 18th Congress(2005)</ref><ref> elected on the 19th Congress</ref> He was a prominent leader of ].{{cn}} In March 2008, he was sworn in as leader of ], the Tripura coalition government.<ref></ref>
			{{Use British English\|date=March 2013}}
			{{Use dmy dates\|date=November 2020}}
			{{Infobox officeholder
			\| name = Manik Sarkar
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			\| office = Member of ],<br/>]
			\| term_start = 11 October 1998
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			\| term_start1 = 9 March 2018
			\| term_end1 = 2 March 2023
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			\| term_start2 = 11 March 1998
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			\| office3 = ] State Secretary of the ]
			\| term_start3 = 1993
			\| term_end3 = 1998
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			\| predecessor4 = Samar Choudhury
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			\| term_start4 = March 1998
			\| term_end4 = 2 March 2023
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			\| birth_place = ], ], ] (now ], ])
			\| spouse = Panchali Bhattacharya
			\| cabinet = ]
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			'''Manik Sarkar''' (born 22 January 1949) is an Indian ] politician who served as the ] from March 1998 to March 2018. He is a ] member of the ].<ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007091126/http://www.cpim.org/xix%20cong/0207200pb%20members.htm \|date=7 October 2008}} from the 7th (1964) to the 18th Congress(2005)</ref><ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729142614/http://www.cpim.org/party_com.htm \|date=29 July 2008}} elected on the 19th Congress</ref> In March 2008, he was sworn in as leader of ], the Tripura coalition government.<ref> {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928141033/http://www.cpim.org/pd/2008/0316_pd/03162008_leaded.htm \|date=28 September 2011}}</ref> In assembly elections held in 2013, he became the chief minister for the fourth consecutive time. He served as the ] in the ] from 2018 to 2023. NDTV's article in 2018, proclaimed that back then, he was the poorest ] in ] with bank balance of Rs. 2000 (~25 ]).

			His ] for the ] revealed that he is the chief minister with the least possessions among all his ] in India.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/with-just-rs-2-410-in-bank-account-country-s-poorest-cm-manik-sarkar-turns-even-poorer-after-five-terms-1157223-2018-01-30\|title=With just Rs 2,410 in bank account, country's poorest CM Manik Sarkar turns even poorer after 4 terms}}</ref><ref name="Manik Sarkar: Poorest CM in the country">{{cite news\|title=Manik Sarkar: Poorest CM in the country\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Manik-Sarkar-Poorest-CM-in-the-country/articleshow/18191086.cms\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127044422/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-01-26/india/36563459_1_manik-sarkar-agartala-deposit\|url-status=live\|archive-date=27 January 2013\|access-date=27 January 2013\|newspaper=]\|date=26 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|agency=PTI\|date=November 6, 2015\|title=National Commission for Scheduled Castes praises Tripura\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/pti-feed/story/national-commission-for-scheduled-castes-praises-tripura-509371-2015-11-06\|access-date=2021-05-07\|magazine=India Today\|language=en}}</ref>

			==Early life and background==
			Manik Sarkar was born into a middle-class family.<ref name=Birth>{{cite web\|title=Manik Sarkar: Chief Minister (CM) of Tripura\|url=http://www.nationsroot.com/members-manik-sarkar\|work=NationsRoot\|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref> His father, Amulya Sarkar, worked as a tailor, while his mother, Anjali Sarkar, was a State and later Provincial ].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Shridhar Prasad\|first=K\|title=Poorest Chief Minister Manik Sarkar\|url=http://www.bubblews.com/news/408098-poorest-chief-minister-manik-sarkar\|work=Bubble News\|access-date=11 August 2013\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108075359/http://www.bubblews.com/news/408098-poorest-chief-minister-manik-sarkar\|archive-date=8 November 2014}}</ref> Sarkar became active in student movements in his student days, and in 1968, at the age of 19, he became a member of the ]. He was a candidate of the ] throughout his academic life at ], from where he graduated with a B. Com. degree.<ref name=Student>{{cite web\|title=Biography of Manik Sarkar\|url=http://www.winentrance.com/general_knowledge/manik-sarkar.html\|work=WinEnterance.com\|access-date=11 August 2013}}</ref> During his first year at the college there came the turbulent times of the food movement of 1967, campaigning against the policy of the then Congress government of Tripura, and Sarkar threw himself headlong into the related student struggle. His vigorous role in this mass movement led him to join the Communists.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.tripurainfo.com/info/ATripura/Chief_Minister.htm \|title=Chief Minister \| Tripura \|access-date=2013-08-12 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911073613/http://www.tripurainfo.com/info/ATripura/Chief_Minister.htm \|archive-date=11 September 2013}}</ref> Due to his early political exposure, he also became the General Secretary of the MBB College Student Union and was also made the Vice President of the ]. In 1972, at the early age of 23, he joined the State Committee of the ].<ref name=Student />

			==Political career==
			]
			Six years after being selected in the ] State Committee, Sarkar was included in the party state secretariat in the year 1978. This was also the year when the first ] government had taken control in ].

			In 1980, at the age of 31, he was elected as the ] from the ] constituency. This was the start of Manik Sarkar's leadership in his state.<ref name=Politics1>{{cite web\|title=A Profile of Shri Manik Sarkar, Chief Minister, Tripura\|url=http://www.tripurainfo.com/info/ATripura/Chief_Minister.htm\|work=Tripura Info\|access-date=12 August 2013\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911073613/http://www.tripurainfo.com/info/ATripura/Chief_Minister.htm\|archive-date=11 September 2013}}</ref> At around the same time, he was appointed the ] of the ]. His success as the ] returned in 1983, when he was elected to the Assembly from ].<ref name=Birth /> When the Left Front government took control in 1993, Sarkar was appointed the State Secretary of the ].

			The biggest success came to Sarkar in 1998. At the age of 49, he became a member of the ] of the ], which is the principal policy-making and executive committee in a ] party.<ref name=Politics1 /><ref>{{cite web\|title=Politburo\|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politburo\|work=Merriam Webster\|access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> In the same year, he became the ] of the state of ]. Since then, he was elected to the same position four consecutive times in 20 years.<ref name=Politics1 /> He is one of the very few chief Ministers in India who was in the office for so long. His party lost majority in the ] and he had to step down as a result.

			It was noted that Sarkar did not contest the ]. He revealed that he had done so in order to pave way for younger leadership.

			==Personal life==
			Sarkar is married to Panchali Bhattacharya, who was employed with the Central Social Welfare Board till she retired in 2011. He chooses to live in an old and a very small house that belonged to his great grandfather. He used to donate his entire salary that he received as a ] to his party and in return, got {{INR}} 5,000 per month as allowance.<ref name="Manik Sarkar 'cleanest and poorest' CM">{{cite news\|title=Manik Sarkar 'cleanest and poorest' CM\|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/307960/manik-sarkar-cleanest-poorest-cm.html\|access-date=27 January 2013\|newspaper=Deccan Herald\|date=26 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/tripura-cm-declares-3930-no-arable-land/article22598829.ece\|title=India's poorest CM is poorer than his wife\|date=2018-01-31\|work=The Hindu\|access-date=2018-03-03\|agency=PTI\|language=en-IN\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/tripura-cm-manik-sarkar-is-one-of-indias-poorest-cms-has-only-rs-2410-in-bank-account-4330553.html\|title=Tripura CM Manik Sarkar is one of India's poorest CMs, has only Rs 2,410 in bank account - Firstpost\|website=www.firstpost.com\|date=February 2018\|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/chandrababu-is-richest-cm-manik-sarkar-poorest-report/articleshow/62893178.cms\|title=Chandrababu Naidu is richest CM, Manik Sarkar poorest: Report - Times of India ►\|work=The Times of India\|access-date=2018-03-03}}</ref>

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Latest revision as of 10:07, 15 November 2024

Indian politician

Manik Sarkar


Member of Polit Bureau, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 October 1998
Leader of the Opposition in Tripura
In office 9 March 2018 – 2 March 2023
Governor	Satyadev Narayan Arya Ramesh Bais Kaptan Singh Solanki Tathagata Roy
Preceded by	Ratan Lal Nath
Succeeded by	Animesh Debbarma
9th Chief Minister of Tripura
In office 11 March 1998 – 8 March 2018
Governor	Siddheswar Prasad Krishna Mohan Seth Dinesh Nandan Sahay Kamla Beniwal D.Y. Patil Devanand Konwar Vakkom Purushothaman Padmanabha Acharya Tathagata Roy
Preceded by	Dasarath Deb
Succeeded by	Biplab Kumar Deb
Tripura State Secretary of the CPI(M)
In office 1993–1998
Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura
In office March 1998 – 2 March 2023
Preceded by	Samar Choudhury
Succeeded by	Pratima Bhowmik
Constituency	Dhanpur
In office 1983–1988
Preceded by	Ajoy Biswas
Succeeded by	Bibhu Kumari Devi
Constituency	Agartala

Personal details
Born	(1949-01-22) 22 January 1949 (age 76) Udaipur, Tripura State, India (now Tripura, India)
Political party	CPI(M)
Spouse	Panchali Bhattacharya
Cabinet	Fourth Sarkar ministry

Manik Sarkar (born 22 January 1949) is an Indian communist politician who served as the Chief Minister of Tripura from March 1998 to March 2018. He is a Politburo member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In March 2008, he was sworn in as leader of Left Front, the Tripura coalition government. In assembly elections held in 2013, he became the chief minister for the fourth consecutive time. He served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Tripura Legislative Assembly from 2018 to 2023. NDTV's article in 2018, proclaimed that back then, he was the poorest chief minister in India with bank balance of Rs. 2000 (~25 USD).

His affidavit for the 2018 Tripura Assembly election revealed that he is the chief minister with the least possessions among all his counterparts in India.

Early life and background

Manik Sarkar was born into a middle-class family. His father, Amulya Sarkar, worked as a tailor, while his mother, Anjali Sarkar, was a State and later Provincial government employee. Sarkar became active in student movements in his student days, and in 1968, at the age of 19, he became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was a candidate of the Students' Federation of India throughout his academic life at MBB College, from where he graduated with a B. Com. degree. During his first year at the college there came the turbulent times of the food movement of 1967, campaigning against the policy of the then Congress government of Tripura, and Sarkar threw himself headlong into the related student struggle. His vigorous role in this mass movement led him to join the Communists. Due to his early political exposure, he also became the General Secretary of the MBB College Student Union and was also made the Vice President of the Students' Federation of India. In 1972, at the early age of 23, he joined the State Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Political career

Six years after being selected in the CPI (M) State Committee, Sarkar was included in the party state secretariat in the year 1978. This was also the year when the first Left Front government had taken control in Tripura.

In 1980, at the age of 31, he was elected as the Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Agartala constituency. This was the start of Manik Sarkar's leadership in his state. At around the same time, he was appointed the Chief Whip of the CPI (M). His success as the Member of the Legislative Assembly returned in 1983, when he was elected to the Assembly from Krishnanagar, Agartala. When the Left Front government took control in 1993, Sarkar was appointed the State Secretary of the CPI (M).

The biggest success came to Sarkar in 1998. At the age of 49, he became a member of the Politburo of the CPI (M), which is the principal policy-making and executive committee in a Communist party. In the same year, he became the Chief Minister of the state of Tripura. Since then, he was elected to the same position four consecutive times in 20 years. He is one of the very few chief Ministers in India who was in the office for so long. His party lost majority in the 2018 elections and he had to step down as a result.

It was noted that Sarkar did not contest the 2023 elections. He revealed that he had done so in order to pave way for younger leadership.

Personal life

Sarkar is married to Panchali Bhattacharya, who was employed with the Central Social Welfare Board till she retired in 2011. He chooses to live in an old and a very small house that belonged to his great grandfather. He used to donate his entire salary that he received as a Chief Minister to his party and in return, got ₹ 5,000 per month as allowance.

References

List of Politburo Members Archived 7 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine from the 7th (1964) to the 18th Congress(2005)
List of Politburo and Central Committee members Archived 29 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine elected on the 19th Congress
6th Left Front Govt Assumes Office Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
"With just Rs 2,410 in bank account, country's poorest CM Manik Sarkar turns even poorer after 4 terms".
"Manik Sarkar: Poorest CM in the country". The Times of India. 26 January 2013. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
"National Commission for Scheduled Castes praises Tripura". India Today. PTI. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
^ "Manik Sarkar: Chief Minister (CM) of Tripura". NationsRoot. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
Shridhar Prasad, K. "Poorest Chief Minister Manik Sarkar". Bubble News. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
^ "Biography of Manik Sarkar". WinEnterance.com. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
"Chief Minister | Tripura". Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
^ "A Profile of Shri Manik Sarkar, Chief Minister, Tripura". Tripura Info. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
"Politburo". Merriam Webster. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
"Manik Sarkar 'cleanest and poorest' CM". Deccan Herald. 26 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2013.
"India's poorest CM is poorer than his wife". The Hindu. PTI. 31 January 2018. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
"Tripura CM Manik Sarkar is one of India's poorest CMs, has only Rs 2,410 in bank account - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. February 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
"Chandrababu Naidu is richest CM, Manik Sarkar poorest: Report - Times of India ►". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 March 2018.

Political offices
Preceded byDasarath Deb	Chief Minister of Tripura 12 December 1998 – 9 March 2018	Succeeded byBiplab Kumar Deb

External links

Official website

v t e Chief ministers of Tripura
Sachindra Lal Singh Sukhamoy Sen Gupta Prafulla Kumar Das Radhika Ranjan Gupta Nripen Chakraborty Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar Samir Ranjan Barman Dasarath Deb Manik Sarkar Biplab Kumar Deb Manik Saha

v t e Communist Party of India (Marxist)
General secretaries	P. Sundarayya (1964–78) E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1978–92) Harkishan Singh Surjeet (1992–2005) Prakash Karat (2005–15) Sitaram Yechury (2015–24)
Current politburo	Sitaram Yechury Prakash Karat S. Ramachandran Pillai Biman Bose Manik Sarkar Brinda Karat Pinarayi Vijayan Hannan Mollah Kodiyeri Balakrishnan M. A. Baby Surja Kanta Mishra Mohammad Salim Subhashini Ali B. V. Raghavulu G. Ramakrishnan Tapan Kumar Sen Nilotpal Basu
Chief ministers	E. M. S. Namboodiripad Jyoti Basu Nripen Chakraborty E. K. Nayanar Dasarath Deb Manik Sarkar Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee V. S. Achuthanandan Pinarayi Vijayan
Related organisations	All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) Students' Federation of India (SFI)
State units	CPI(M) Kerala CPI(M) Tripura CPI(M) West Bengal
Newspapers	People's Democracy The Marxist Deshabhimani Daily Desher Katha Ganashakti Lok Lahar Prajasakti Nava Telangana Theekkathir

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