Agartala, January 29 (TIWN): To mark the birth centenary of iconic left leader and former Chief Minister of Dasharath Deb, Chief Minister Manik Sarkar will unveil a statue of Dasharath Deb on next February 2, 2014 at 12 noon in Dasharath Deb Memorial college premise of Khowai.

In 1948, he formed Ganamukti Parishad, which was engaged in an armed struggle from 1948-50. In 1950, he along with his followers joined the Communist Party of India.

He became a member of the central committee of the party in 1951. After, the split in CPI in 1964, he joined Communist Party of India (Marxist). In 1964, he founded the Tripura Rajya Upajati Ganamukti Parishad, a frontal organization of CPI(M).

In 1978, he was elected for the first time in Tripura Vidhan Sabha from Ramchandraghat constituency and became the Minister for Education in the first Left Front government. He was the Deputy Chief Minister in the second Left Front government from 1983-88. In 1988, he became the secretary of the state unit of CPI(M).

On 10 April 1993 he became the Chief Minister of the third Left Front government. He was in office till 11 March 1998. He declined to contest the Vidhan Sabha election in 1998 on health grounds.

Minister of Animal Resource Development and Tribal welfare Aghore Debbarma, ADC Chief Executive Member Ranjit Debbarma and Principal in charge of DDMC will also remain present in the programme. MLA Samir Deb Sarkar will preside over the programme where Minister Khagendra Jamatia will also remain present.