Dilip Ghosh Biography
Dilip Ghosh is a popular Indian politician who hails from West Bengal. He was the Member of Parliament from Medinipur Constituency in Lok Shabha. Additionally, he was also one of the national vice presidents of BJP (2021-2023) and was the 9th president of the BJP’s West Bengal Unit.
He was born on 1 August 1964 in Kuliana village, Medinipur, West Bengal. Currently, he is associated with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP).
Full Name- Dilip Ghosh
Gender- Male
Profession- Indian Politician
Political Party- Bhartiya Janata Party
Famous For- Was the MP in Lok Shabha
Date of Birth- 1 August 1964
Age- 60 Years
Place of Birth- Kuliana, West Bengal, India
Zodiac Sign- Leo
Nationality- Indian
Hometown- Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal
Ethnicity- Bengali
Religion- Hinduism
Caste- Kayastha
Marital Status- Unmarried
Food Habits- Non-vegetarian
Current Whereabouts- Village Kuliana, P.O Malincha, P.S. Beliabera, Dist. Paschim Medinipur, Pin No. 712517
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Dilip Ghosh Age
As of 2025, he is 60 years old. This year in August, he will be 61 years old.
Dilip Ghosh Signature
Dilip’s Signature
Early Life
He was born and brought up in Kuliana, a small village near Gopiballavpur, Medinipur District. He has had a deep connection with his roots since childhood.
Educational Qualifications
He finished his primary and secondary education in his village school. After completing his 12th class, he pursued a Diploma in Engineering from Jhargram Polytechnic College in Paschim, Medinipur.
Physical appearance
Height- 5 feet 5 inches
Weight- 65 KG
Eye colour- Black
Hair colour- Grey
Skin colour- Dusky
Body type- Bulky/Chubby
Eyesight- Wears Specs
Dilip Ghosh Political Career
He began his political career as a “Volunteer” of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in 1984. From 1999 to 2007, he was in charge of RSS in Andaman and Nicobar Island. During this tenure, he worked as an RSS chief K.S. Sudarshan’s assistant. He joined the BJP party and became the general secretary of the West Bengal unit in 2014. After that, in 2015, he was appointed president of the BJP in West Bengal state.
In 2016, he made his electoral journey where he contested the West Bengal legislative assembly from Kharagpur Sadar. Happily, he won the Kharagpur Sadar constituency of district Paschim Medinipur. He defeated Gyan Singh Sohanpal who was the candidate of the Indian National Congress. Gyan Singh had won this constituency consecutively seven times from 1982 to 2011.
Dilip Ghosh MLA
In 2019, Under his leadership, the Bhartiya Janta party won the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal without any major political alliance. He won 18 Lok Sabha seats out of the 42 constituencies in West Bengal. He won the Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 elections by a huge margin of 88,952 votes. Ghosh defeated Manas Bhunia, and was the candidate of Trinamool Congress.
In 2020, he again became the President of West Bengal BJP.
In 2024, he lost the Lok Shabha Seat of Bardhaman- Durgapur in West Bengal to Kirti Azad, a candidate of Trinamool Congress. He was defeated by her with the margin of 1,37,981 votes.
Controversies
He was criticised when he passed a statement about the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamta Banerjee, by saying that his party could have dragged her by the hair. When he passed this statement, she was in New Delhi.
Dilip Statement- She could have dragged her by the hair.
The police of West Bengal arrested him over his derogatory comments against the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamta Banerjee on 28 March 2024. He said that
“When she goes to Goa, she becomes the daughter of Goa- when she goes to Tripura she becomes the daughter of Tripura: decide who is your father that is not right.”
Family Members
His father’s name is Bholanath Ghosh and his mother’s name is Puspalata Ghosh. He is the second eldest of four sons. If talks about his wife, then he’s not married till the time to anyone.
Net worth/Salary
When he was appointed as the MLA, his salary was ₹17,500 per month. There is no closure of his current net worth, but according to sources, his net worth was 30 lakhs in 2014.
Social Media Handles
WhatsApp Number- +91 92311 74200
Trivia
He was admitted to a private hospital due to severe back pain on 22 January 2018.
He defeated his nearest rival Gyan Singh Sohanpal in the West Bengal assembly election, in 2016.
In 2020, he claimed that drinking cow urine can cure coronavirus. This statement was heavily criticised by the ruling party Trinamool Congress.
In January 2020, a woman who carried an anti-CAA poster was abused by his partyman. Later, when Dilip spoke to newsmen, he justified that his party member did the right thing. He also said that she should be thankful that she was only abused, but nothing else was done to her. Later, police registered a sexual harassment case against Ghosh for his comments.
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