Dilip Sarkar (Tripura politician)

Indian politician (1958–2019)

Dilip Sarkar

Member of Tripura Legislative Assembly
In office
2008–2019
Preceded by| Subrata Chakrabarty
Succeeded by| Mimi Majumder
Constituency| Badharghat
In office
1998–2003
Preceded by| Jadab Majumdar
Succeeded by| Subrata Chakrabarty
Constituency| Badharghat
In office
1988–1993
Preceded by| Jadab Majumdar
Succeeded by| Jadab Majumdar
Constituency| Badharghat
Personal details
Born| 1958
Died| 1 April 2019(2019-04-01) (aged 60–61)
Delhi, India
Political party| Bharatiya 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

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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

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

## References

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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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