Dilip Sarkar (Tripura politician)

Dilip Sarkar
Member of Tripura Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2019
Preceded bySubrata Chakrabarty
Succeeded byMimi Majumder
ConstituencyBadharghat
In office
1998–2003
Preceded byJadab Majumdar
Succeeded bySubrata Chakrabarty
ConstituencyBadharghat
In office
1988–1993
Preceded byJadab Majumdar
Succeeded byJadab Majumdar
ConstituencyBadharghat
Personal details
Born1958
Died1 April 2019(2019-04-01) (aged 60–61)
Delhi, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (2017 - 2019)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (Before 2016)
All India Trinamool Congress (2016 - 2017)

Dilip Sarkar (1958 – April 1, 2019)[1] was an Indian politician from the state of Tripura. In 2013 assembly elections, he represented Badharghat constituency in West Tripura district in Tripura Legislative Assembly.[2][3]

Political career

In 2016, he was one of the six MLAs from Indian National Congress who joined All India Trinamool Congress, due to unhappiness towards party because of allying Communist Party of India (Marxist) in 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.[4]

In August 2017, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party after they cross voted against the party lines in 2017 Indian presidential election.[5]

In the 2018 election he stood from Badharghat again as BJP Candidate against CPI (M) candidate Jharna Das. Many CPI (M) leaders from Badharghat including former DYFI Bishalgarh Committee president and CPI (M) local committee member Bidhan Ch. Deb joined him. With their support he won the 2018 elections with a margin of 5,000 votes.[6]

Death

Dilip Sarkar died at a private hospital in Delhi on 1 April 2019 following prolonged illness.

References

  1. ^ "Tripura BJP MLA Dilip Sarkar dies at 61". Newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Assembly Since 1963" (PDF). p. 50.
  3. ^ "All India Politics". Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Six Congress MLAs in Tripura join Trinamool". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
  5. ^ "Recognise Ex-TMC MLAs as BJP Members in Tripura: BJP". Northeasttoday.in. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Constituencywise-All Candidates". Archived from the original on 6 March 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2018.


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