First Manik Sarkar ministry

First Manik Sarkar ministry
Ministry of Tripura
Date formed11 March 1998
Date dissolved7 March 2003
People and organisations
Head of stateSiddheshwar Prasad (Governor)
Head of governmentManik Sarkar
(Chief Minister)
No. of ministers17
Member parties
  •   CPI(M)(15 Ministers)
  •   CPI(1 Minister)
  •   RSP(1 Minister)
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyINC
Opposition leaderSamir Ranjan Barman
(29 July 1998 - 6 February 2000)
Jawahar Saha
(7 February 2000 - 28 February 2003)
History
Election1998
Legislature term5 years
PredecessorDasarath Deb Ministry
SuccessorSarkar II

The First Manik Sarkar ministry was the cabinet ministry of Tripura led by the Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, which was formed after 1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election which was held in 16 February in the state.

Manik Sarkar was the leader of CPI(M) who was sworn as the Chief Ministers of Tripura on 11 March 1998,[1] which led to the formation of his ministry for the first time.[2] He was administered the oath by Governor Siddheshwar Prasad in presence of the former Chief Minister of Dasarath Deb.[3]

The ministry had 17 ministers. 15 Minister including the Chief Minister belonged to the CPI(M), while 1 each belonged to the CPI and RSP.

Council of Ministers

Ministers sworn on 11 March 1998.[3]

Sl. No. Name Ministries
1 Manik Sarkar
  • Home (excluding Jail & Fire Services)
  • Planning and Co-ordination
  • Land and Land Reforms
  • Other departments not allocated to any minister
2 Anil Sarkar
3 Badal Choudhury
4 Aghore Debbarma
5 Narayan Rupini
6 Keshab Mazumdar
7 Bimal Sinha
8 Subodh Das
9 Niranjan Debbarma
10 Jitendra Chaudhury
11 Fayzur Rehman
12 Sukumar Barman
13 Gopal Das
14 Durbajoy Reang
15 Pabitra Kar
16 Ananta Pal
17 Ramendra Debnath

References

  1. ^ Malhotra, G. C. (2004). Cabinet responsibility to legislature: motions of confidence and no-confidence in Lok Sabha and state legislatures (2nd rev. ed.). New Delhi: Lok Sabha Secretariat : Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd. ISBN 9788120004009.
  2. ^ Sharma, Ashutosh (9 March 2018). "CM for 20 years, Manik Sarkar couldn't even build himself a house". National Herald. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b CHAUDHURI, KALYAN (3 April 1998). "Contrasting victories". Frontline. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
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