Dilip Saikia

Dilip Saikia
Member of Panel of Chairpersons (Lok Sabha)
Assumed office
1 July 2024 (2024-07-01)
Appointed byOm Birla
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
24 May 2019
Preceded byRamen Deka
ConstituencyDarrang-Udalguri, Assam
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Assam
Assumed office
17 January 2025
PresidentJ. P. Nadda
Nitin Nabin
Preceded byBhabesh Kalita
National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party
In office
September 2020 – 2023
Personal details
Born (1973-09-01) 1 September 1973
PartyBharatiya Janata Party (since 2015)
Spouse
Niju Barman Saikia
(m. 2007)
Children2
ParentPrabin Saikia (father)
Alma materGauhati Commerce College (Gauhati University)
OccupationPolitician
Source: [1]

Dilip Saikia (born 1 September 1973) is an Indian politician serving as Member of Lok Sabha from Darrang–Udalguri. He is also the Member of Panel of Chairpersons of 18th Lok Sabha since 2024. He serves as the current president of BJP Assam since 2025, but people of Assam are not happy with his behaviour, public outburts, anti-tribal remarks, land rights concern, opposition to 'one law' principle and many others which is directly affecting the ruling party BJP and CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.[2]

Biography

Dilip Saika has been President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Assam state unit since 2025.[3] He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, from Mangaldoi in Assam in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the BJP.[4] He was the national general secretary of BJP.[5] He is a former state Secretary and state organising secretary of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ABVP Assam Pradesh.

References

  1. ^ "Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile - Dilip Saikia".
  2. ^ https://indianexpress.com/article/india/caught-on-video-assam-bjp-chiefs-outburst-at-party-minister-gives-congress-fresh-ammo-9946421. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Singh, Bikash (17 January 2025). "Dilip Saikia to be BJP's new president in Assam". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 17 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Mangaldoi (Assam) Election 2019". Times Now. 15 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
    - "BJP improves tally in Assam, bags nine of 14 seats". The Economic Times. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
    - "MANGALDOI LOK SABHA CONSTITUENCY". The Indian Express. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Assam MP Dilip Saikia inducted as National GS of BJP". Guwahati Plus. Retrieved 26 September 2020.