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Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar


“My expenses are a small pot of snuff and a cigarette a day" - See more at: 

Sarkar does not own a home, car or a bank balance worth mentioning. 
He does not even have a mobile phone and has never used the red beacon on his official car.

He had just Rs.16,120 in 2008. In 2013, according to his election affidavit,
 he has less: Rs.10,800.
02 Mar 2013
Posted 01-Mar-2013
Vol 4 Issue 9
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, set to assume office for a fourth time after leading the Left to a huge electoral win, is the son of a tailor who still washes his own clothes.
An unassuming man, the 64-year-old got down to work no sooner than he was declared the winner from Dhanpur constituency. He met CPI-M leaders and activists at Sonamura, 60 km from here.
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