Dipali Biswas Explained

Office:Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Term Start:2016
Term End:2021
Constituency:Gazole
Predecessor:Sushil Chandra Roy
Successor:Chinmoy Deb Barman
Birth Date:1970 8, df=yes
Occupation:Politician
Party:Trinamool Congress (2018–2020) (2024-Till now)
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Nationality:Indian

Dipali Biswas (born 2 August 1970[1]) is an Indian politician and member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly. She was elected as the representative of the Gazole constituency in the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election as a candidate of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[2] In 2016, she switched her party to Trinamool Congress and in 2020, she switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Personal life

Dipali Biswas is married to Ranjit Biswas and a resident of Gazole Town in the district of Malda, West Bengal.[3] [4] She was educated at the Bardanga Raghunath High School and became an Integrated Child Development Services worker.

Political career

In the 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, Dipali Biswas was nominated to contest from the Gazole constituency in West Bengal as the candidate of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). The election resulted in Biswas emerging as the winning candidate with a margin of over 20,000 votes and polling at 43.47% of the votes cast against 32.95% of the votes cast in favor of Sushil Chandra Roy of the Trinamool Congress and 14.51% of the votes cast in favor of Sudhanshu Sarkar of the BJP.

In 2018, she joined the Trinamool Congress party,[5] and on 19 December 2020, she joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elected Members. West Bengal Legislative Assembly.
  2. Web site: West Bangal General Legislative Election 2016. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515063307/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/3469-west-bangal-general-legislative-election-2016/ . 15 May 2019 . Election Commission of India.
  3. Web site: Dipali Biswas. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170403105048/http://myneta.info/westbengal2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=537 . 3 April 2017 . myneta.info. Association for Democratic Reforms.
  4. Web site: Dipali Biswas Affidavit. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201128143756/http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(gff3ziibfgr3us45gswbmw55))/writereaddata/CEOASSEMBLY/Declarations2016/AffidavitRemarks/Dipali%20Biswas%20118062016.pdf . 28 November 2020 . Election Commission of India.
  5. Web site: Sen. Megna. 19 December 2020. Mamata's former aide Suvendu Adhikari joins BJP at Amit Shah's Midnapore rally. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201219095701/https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/west-bengal-political-heavyweight-suvendu-adhikari-joins-bjp-at-amit-shah-s-midnapore-rally-11608369739443.html . 19 December 2020 . 19 December 2020. Livemint. en.
  6. Web site: Suvendu Adhikari ends all speculation, joins BJP, delivers jolt to Mamata and TMC . 19 December 2020 . India Today . 19 December 2020.