Dilip Sarkar (Tripura politician)

Dilip Sarkar is a politician from Tripura, India. In 2013 assembly elections, he represents Badharghat constituency in West Tripura district in Tripura Legislative Assembly.[1][2]

In 2016, he was one of the six MLA from Indian National Congress who joined All India Trinamool Congress. Due to unhappiness towards party because of allying Communist Party of India (Marxist) in West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2016.[3]

In August 2017, he joined Bharatiya Janata Party after they cross voted against the party lines in Indian presidential election, 2017.[4]

2018 Tripura election

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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Assembly Since 1963" (PDF). p. 50.
  2. ↑ All India Politics
  3. ↑ Six Congress MLAs in Tripura join Trinamool
  4. ↑ Recognise Ex-TMC MLAs as BJP Members in Tripura: BJP
  5. ↑ http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS2314.htm?ac=14


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