Dilip Kumar Paul (born March 19, 1956 in
Silchar
Silchar is a city and the headquarters of the Cachar district of the state of Assam, India. It is located south east of Guwahati. It was founded by Captain Thomas Fisher in 1832 when he shifted the headquarters of Cachar to Janiganj in Silchar. ...
,
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
) is an Indian politician and was the leader of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...
who is elected to the assembly from the
Silchar constituency twice. Once in by-election against congress leader Arun Mazumder and another against senior congress leader
Bhitika Dev wife of former union minister
Sontosh Mohan Dev. But he left BJP, in 2020-21, by carrying out some of the controversial issues within the party.
Dilip Kumar Paul becomes dy speaker unopposed
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References
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1956 births
Living people
Assam MLAs 2011–2016
Assam MLAs 2016–2021
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Assam
Deputy Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly
People from Silchar