Office: | Deputy Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly |
Term Start: | 3 June 2016 |
Term End: | 8 May 2018 |
Predecessor: | Bhimananda Tanti |
Successor: | Kripanath Mallah |
Office1: | Member of Assam Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 11 September 2014 |
Term End1: | 2 May 2021 |
Predecessor1: | Sushmita Dev |
Successor1: | Dipayan Chakraborty |
Constituency1: | Silchar |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1956 |
Birth Place: | Silchar, India |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party(till March 2021, December 2023- present) |
Present Political Party: | INDEPENDENT (IND) |
Dilip Kumar Paul (born 19 March 1956 in Silchar, Assam) is an Indian politician and was the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party 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. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]