West Tripura MP Pratima Bhoumik on Wednesday became the first Parliamentarian from the State to be inducted into any Council of Ministers at the Centre ever. She was administered the oath of office as a minister of state (MoS).
Bhoumik had secured 5,73,532 votes and was elected from West Tripura constituency with a margin of 3,05,689 votes against her closest candidate Subal Bhowmik from Congress.
Bhowmik, who was inducted into Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb’s team in January 2016 as state general secretary, is known for her social work.
She is one of the four MPs from the northeast to find a place in the Modi dispensation with the others being former Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Manipur MP Rajkumar Ranjan Singh and Kiren Rijiju, who has been promoted and made a Cabinet Minister.Arunachal Pradesh continues to be represented by Kiren Rijiju
Sonowal, under whom the BJP won the second term in Assam had made way for Himanta Biswa Sarma, was earlier an MoS in the Modi government’s first tenure.