Dilip Sarkar (Tripura politician)

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]

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)

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.