Badal Choudhury

Badal Choudhury বাদল চৌধুরী
Minister for Health & Family Welfare and Revenue and Public Works, Tripura
In office March 2013 – 9 March 2018
Chief Minister	Manik Sarkar
Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura
In office 1998–2023
Preceded by	Dilip Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Asoke Chandra Mitra
Constituency	Hrishyamukh
Member of the Indian Parliament for Tripura West
In office 1996–1998
Preceded by	Santosh Mohan Dev
Succeeded by	Samar Chowdhury
Constituency	Tripura West
Member of Legislative Assembly (India), Tripura
In office 1977–1993
Preceded by	Chandra Sekhar Dutta
Succeeded by	Dilip Chowdhury
Constituency	Hrishyamukh
Personal details
Born	(1951-11-01) 1 November 1951 Belonia
Political party	CPI(M)
Spouse	Smt. Namita Gope (Choudhury)

Badal Choudhury is an Indian politician and member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Chowdhury is a member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly from the Hrishyamukh constituency in South Tripura district. He was minister of Health & Family Welfare and Revenue and Public Works (in Manik Sarkar Government) during 2013–18.

Political career

Badal Choudhury was very active in student movements in his student days. In 1968 at the age of 17, he became a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). In 1972–1981, he was the Secretary of C.P.I.(M) Belonia Divisional Committee. During 1974, he was promoted as State Committee Member of C.P.I.(M). In 1977, Choudhury was elected for the first time as Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura until 1993. In 2008, Choudhury became a Central Committee member of Communist Party of India (Marxist).