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Who is Dilip Ghosh?

Dilip Ghosh is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal. Ghosh, born on August 1, 1964, is the 9th state president of Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Bengal unit. He currently represents Bengal’s Medinipur constituency as the Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha.
 


Dilip Ghosh's early life

Ghosh was born in the village of Kuliana near Gopiballavpur of West Medinipur district, West Bengal. Born to Bholanath Ghosh and Puspalata Ghosh, he is the second of four sons. After completing his schooling, he did a diploma course in engineering from a polytechnic college in Jhargram, according to the affidavit filed with the Election Commission of India. However, a case was filed in the Calcutta High Court regarding his education claims in the affidavit, which the Court dismissed. The Court said public interest litigations cannot be filed regarding a person’s educational qualifications.  Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Polytechnic, which is the only polytechnic college in the  area, maintains that the BJP leader did not pass the diploma from the college between 1975 and 1990.
 

Political career

Dilip Ghosh started his political career as a Pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1984. He worked as an assistant to former RSS chief K S Sudarshan and was the in-charge of RSS unit in Andaman & Nicobar Islands from 1999 to 2007. In 2014, Ghosh was loaned to BJP and was made the general secretary of the Bengal unit. Later in 2015, he was appointed as the state president of the party.
 
His electoral career started in 2016 when he defeated veteran Congress leader Gyan Singh Sohanlal in the Kharagpur Sadar constituency in West Medinipur district in the 2016 West Bengal Assembly elections. Sohanlal had won the seat continuously from 1982 to 2011.
 
His political stock rose further in 2019 when, under his leadership, BJP won 18 Lok Sabha seats out of the 42 in Bengal in the General Elections with a vote share of over 40%. Ghosh became the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from the Medinipur seat.
 
Ghosh is infamous for courting controversies. His fortunes could change with the election results of the upcoming 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections.

Latest Updates on Dilip Ghosh

The coming year is politically crucial for West Bengal as the three-tier panchayat elections, perceived to be the curtain-raiser for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, are scheduled to be held in 2023.

Updated On: 26 Dec 2022 | 12:35 PM IST

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh courted yet another controversy by saying that the day is not far off when the TMC leaders will be "publicly beaten up" for their involvement

Updated On: 26 Aug 2022 | 11:14 PM IST

The BJP central leadership spoke to the party's national vice-president Dilip Ghosh over his recent remarks questioning the impartiality of the CBI and asked him to refrain from making such remarks

Updated On: 24 Aug 2022 | 8:25 AM IST

Ghosh had recently stirred a hornet's nest by claiming that some CBI officers were hand in glove with the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal.

Updated On: 23 Aug 2022 | 11:22 PM IST

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh has dared the police to arrest him and ruling party workers to "lay hands on him", asserting he need not learn decency and ethics from murderer and corrupt TMC

Updated On: 08 Jul 2022 | 2:42 PM IST

BJP's Arun Singh, in a letter to Ghosh pointed out that certain statements and outbursts by the latter have not only angered the state party leaders, but also embarrassed the central leadership.

Updated On: 01 Jun 2022 | 10:33 PM IST

BJP national vice-president Dilip Ghosh, a former chief of the party's West Bengal unit, said he agrees with the demand, claiming that the people of the region want it

Updated On: 06 May 2022 | 7:20 AM IST

He was seen having an altercation with police officials

Updated On: 12 Jan 2022 | 1:47 AM IST

Ghosh said BJP president JP Nadda, union ministers, central office bearers of the party will be present in the meeting. The state leadership of the party will join the meeting virtually.

Updated On: 07 Nov 2021 | 7:37 AM IST

West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday said that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is in a hurry for holding assembly by-polls as she wants to cling on to the chair.

Updated On: 25 Aug 2021 | 8:39 PM IST

Slamming West Bengal CM for her proposal of Opposition unity against BJP, the party's state president Dilip Ghosh said the Trinamool Congress Chief should focus on curbing violence in Bengal

Updated On: 28 Jul 2021 | 8:57 AM IST

The ban relates to Ghosh's "there will be Sitalkuchi in several places" remark

Updated On: 15 Apr 2021 | 11:07 PM IST

BJP)president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday rubbished the allegations of poll rigging made by Trinamool Congress (TMC) and said Mamata Banerjee's party is losing and therefore it is making false charges.

Updated On: 27 Mar 2021 | 1:12 PM IST

Hitting out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday said that the "wheelchair" government in the state would not work

Updated On: 25 Mar 2021 | 7:09 AM IST

BJP's West Bengal unit president Dilip Ghosh demanded a CBI probe into the alleged attack on Banerjee, saying that it needs to be seen whether the incident was a "well-scripted drama" to garner votes

Updated On: 11 Mar 2021 | 12:26 PM IST

Ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections, state party chief Dilip Ghosh said on Thursday said the Bharatiya Janata Party will definitely win by 200 of the total 294 Assembly seats

Updated On: 04 Mar 2021 | 12:49 PM IST

Might contest from both, East Medinipur in Nandigram and Bhowanipore, in bid to achieve twin purposes of snubbing saffron outfit and showing solidarity with farmers

Updated On: 19 Jan 2021 | 12:35 AM IST

According to West Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh, the police failed to provide a smooth passage to Nadda's convoy

Updated On: 10 Dec 2020 | 2:39 PM IST

West Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh claimed the TMC govt had failed to draw investors to the state, and asserted that the saffron party, if voted to power, would ensure a new era of industrialisation

Updated On: 03 Dec 2020 | 9:29 PM IST