Badal 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) from 2013 to 2018.

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). From 1972 to 1981, he was the Secretary of the CPI (M) Belonia Divisional Committee. In 1974, he was promoted to State Committee Member of CPI (M). In 1977, Choudhury was elected for the first time as a Member of Legislative Assembly, Tripura, where he would serve until 1993. In 2008, Choudhury became a Central Committee member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).