Departures of note

Tapas Dey was an Indian politician from Tripura who served as a member of the state legislative assembly and held leadership positions in regional politics. He contested his first assembly election in 1972 on a Congress ticket, the year Tripura attained full statehood, and remained loyal to the Congress even when many of its leaders defected to the BJP before the 2018 state election. He also served as Vice President of the Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee. In 2021 he joined the Tripura Democratic Front, later aligning with TIPRA Motha, the party founded by royal scion Pradyot Kishore Debbarma, and headed its frontal wing, the TIPRA Citizens Federation. He contested the 2023 assembly election against a sitting minister but was defeated. Dey died at 80 in Agartala on 12 September 2026 after a prolonged illness, and was mourned by TIPRA Motha's leadership.