Prakash Chandra Das

Prakash Chandra Das (born 27 November 1958) is a politician of Indian National Congress from the state of Tripura, India. He is a former Minister in the INC-TUJS coalition government that governed the state of Tripura between 1988-1993. He contested as an Indian National Congress candidate from the Bamutia(SC) constituency six times consecutively from 1988 to 2013 winning thrice, in 1988, 1998 and 2003. He was the Chairman of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee SC Department from 2004-16. He was the Chairman of Public Accounts Committee, Tripura Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2008. He also was the Chief Whip of CLP in the Tripura Legislative Assembly from 1998-2003.

Early life

He was born on 27 November 1958. He did his graduation of Bachelor of Arts in History from Maharaja Bir Bikram College, then under the University of Calcutta.

Political Activities

He got involved in politics at a young age through National Students' Union of India in student politics. Gradually he joined Indian Youth Congress where he was the Vice-President of the state unit for a long time. He contested as an Indian National Congress candidate in the 1988 assembly elections from 3-Bamutia assembly constituency where he defeated the Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate and was also a minister in the INC-TUJS alliance that governed the state from 1988-1993. He won again from the same constituency in 1998 and again in 2003. He served as block youth congress president, nsui state general secretary, Vice-President of pradesh youth congress, Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee General Secretary, member of All India Congress Committee. He was also the chairman of Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee SC Department from 2004 till he resigned from the party in June, 2016. He was declared as the Vice-President of Tripura Pradesh Trinamool Congress. He quit trinamool and joined BJP on April, 2017. He rejoined INC in March 2019.

Other Activities

He is very active in matters related to upliftment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and in bringing equality to them and economically empowering them. He is the President of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Smriti Jan Kalyan Sanstha, a Non-governmental organization.