Ashish_Kumar_Saha

Ashish Kumar Saha

Ashish Kumar Saha

Indian politician

For other people with similar names, see Ashish Kumar (disambiguation).

Ashish Kumar Saha is an Indian politician from Tripura, India. He is currently serving as President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee.

Quick Facts President of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee, Preceded by ...

In 2018 assembly elections, he represented Town Bardowali constituency in West Tripura in Tripura Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3][4]

Political career

In 2016, he was one of the six MLAs from Indian National Congress who joined All India Trinamool Congress, due to unhappiness with the party because of allying with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 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 All India Trinamool Congress who joined Bharatiya Janata Party.[7] In 2022 he rejoined Indian National Congress.

References

  1. [1]
    "Assembly Since 1963" (PDF). p. 50. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 December 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  2. [2]
    TPCC top brass resign from their post
  3. [3]
    Town Bardowali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
  4. [4]
    My Neta
  5. [5]
    Six Congress MLAs in Tripura join Trinamool
  6. [6]
    "TMC, BJP demand removal of Tripura minister over alleged sex scandal". 23 December 2016.
  7. [7]
    "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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