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Dilip Ghosh and Agnimitra Paul: Leading lights of BJP’s Bengal Cabinet, ace veteran and key woman face

The Indian Express·Sweety Kumari, Tanusree Bose·23 days ago
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Along with Suvendu Adhikari, who was sworn in as the BJP’s first West Bengal Chief Minister at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata Saturday, five Cabinet ministers took oath of office at the event. They include veteran BJP leader Dilip Ghosh and a prominent woman leader Agnimitra Paul. Among the BJP’s most senior leaders in Bengal, Ghosh, 61, rose from the ranks of the RSS to become the party unit’s president and a major figure in the state’s political landscape. Born in Jhargram district in 1964, Ghosh completed his Class X exams in 1980 under the West Bengal Board of Secondary Education before pursuing technical training from the ITI Jhargram in 1982 and completing the All India Trade Test from ITI Tollygunge in 1983. Originally a full-time RSS pracharak, Ghosh spent his formative years between 1999 and 2007 as the in-charge for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where he worked closely with former RSS chief K S Sudarshan.…

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