Ratan Lal Nath

Ratan Lal Nath (born 9 April 1948) is an Indian politician from Tripura. He is the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Power and Election in the second Manik Saha Ministry.^[1][2][3] He joined BJP in 2017 after leaving National Congress.He became the MLA from Mohanpur Constituency by defeating CPI(M) Candidate Subash Chandra Debnath by a margin of 5,176 votes.^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Ratan Lal Nath
Cabinet Minister, Government of Tripura
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2023
Departments	Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Power Election
Preceded by	Pranjit Singha Roy and Jishnu Dev Varma
Minister of School Education, Higher Education, Law and Parliamentary Affairs
In office 9 March 2018 – 2 March 2023
Personal details
Born	Ratan Lal Nath (1948-04-09) 9 April 1948 (age 76) Tripura, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (2017 - Present)
Other political affiliations	Indian National Congress (Before 2017)
Cabinet	State Government of Tripura

Controversy

• A video that featured BJP MLA Arun Chandra Bhowmik saying that Nath should be fired for insulting him as he went to speak about the removal of two professors from a college without offering a replacement went viral on social media.^[9][10]
• After equating former chief minister Biplab Deb with Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Bose, and Albert Einstein, Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath has come under fire. Ratan Lal Nath stated people in Tripura should consider themselves "fortunate" because Biplab Deb was born there, equating him with the great leaders.^[11][12][13]
• Sudip Roy Barman, a Congress candidate, requested on Tuesday that Chief Minister Manik Saha and the BJP take action against Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath after accusing him in the Tripura parliament of intimidating a rape victim in order to deter her from reporting the incident to the police.^[14]

References

1. "Day After Assuming Office, Tripura Chief Minister Allocates Portfolios".
2. "Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb allocates portfolios to inducted ministers; keeps home, PWD, industries departments for self - Firstpost". www.firstpost.com.
3. "Tripura CM Biplab Kumar Deb distributes portfolios among ministers". 10 March 2018.
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5. "CANDIDATEAFFIDAVIT". affidavitarchive.nic.in.
6. "Biplab Kumar Deb takes oath as Tripura Chief Minister in Agartala - Updates". India Today. 9 March 2018.
7. "Ratan Lal Nath - MOHANPUR - Tripura - All India Politics". Ratan Lal Nath - MOHANPUR - Tripura - All India Politics. Archived from the original on 23 March 2018. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
8. "Congress MLA Ratan Lal Nath joins BJP in Tripura". 22 December 2017.
9. "Feud in Tripura BJP, MLA seeks removal of education minister". Hindustan Times. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
10. Banik, Mrinal (22 July 2022). "Tripura: Remove Ratan Lal Nath from cabinet, says senior BJP legislator". EastMojo. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
11. "Tripura minister stirs controversy, compares ex-CM Biplab Deb with Swami Vivekananda, Mahatma Gandhi". India Today. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
12. "Tripura minister compares former BJP CM Biplab Kumar Deb with Vivekananda, Tagore, Gandhi, and Einstein". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
13. Post, The Tripura. "Tripura Education Minister Put Biplab Deb In A Row With Rabindranath, Subhash Ch Bose, Mahatma Gandhi | | The Tripura Post". Retrieved 12 November 2022.
14. "Tripura Law Minister accused of protecting rapist, but he denies". 27 September 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.