Dilip Ghosh (politician): Difference between revisions

| office = 9th [[Bharatiya Janata Party,|National WestVice Bengal|President of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal]]

| term_start = 20152021

| term_end = 202129 July 2023<ref name="post"/>

| successor1 term_start2 = 23 May 2019

| term_start2successor2 = 19= May[[June 2016Malia]]

| successor2 term_start3 = [[Pradip19 May Sarkar]]2016

| nickname = Naru da<ref name="pollstar">{{cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/poll-star-firebrand-dilip-ghosh-has-ignited-hopes-in-bengal-bjp-of-2021-triumph-2467503.html|title=Poll Star: Firebrand Dilip Ghosh Has Ignited Hopes in Bengal BJP of 2021 Triumph|publisherwebsite=[[CNN-News18]]|website=news18.com|quote =The 55-year-old state unit chief, Dilip Ghosh, is now a key component of the party, largely due to his personality and oratorical skills, even if controversial at times.|date =21 January 2020|first=Sujit|last=Nath|access-date =29 April 2020}}</ref>

| residence = North[[Bidhannagar|Salt Avenue-DuplexLake]], New Delhi, India[[Kolkata]]

'''Dilip Ghosh''' (born 1 August 1964) is an Indian politician from [[West Bengal]]. He iswas the incumbent [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] representing the [[Medinipur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medinipur constituency]] in [[Lok Sabha]]. He also served as one of the national vice presidents of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] from 2021 to 2023.<ref name="post">{{Cite web |date=2023-07-29 |title=বিজেপিতে পদ খোয়ালেন দিলীপ! সরানো হল সর্বভারতীয় সহ সভাপতি দায়িত্ব থেকে |url=https://bengali.news18.com/news/kolkata/dilip-ghosh-removed-as-bjp-national-vice-president-post-sum-1210872.html |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=News18 Bengali |language=bn}}</ref> He served as the 9th president of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal|West Bengal unit]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="BJP President">{{cite news |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |title=Dilip Ghosh appointed West Bengal BJP chief. |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dilip-ghosh-appointed-west-bengal-bjp-chief/article7976954.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 December 2015|access-date=20 May 2016}} <br />—{{cite news |title=Dilip Ghosh WB BJP president |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/bjp-appoints-rss-man-dilip-ghosh-as-new-party-chief-in-west-bengal/story-p5FIaccmwytlnpolmcvESN.html|access-date=11 December 2015}}<br />—{{Cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amid-row-over-like-dogs-remark-dilip-ghosh-re-named-bengal-bjp-chief-2164949 | title=Dilip Ghosh Re-Named Bengal BJP Chief Amid Row over "Like Dogs" Remark|publisher =NDTV|date =January 16, 2020|first1=Monideepa|last1= Banerjie|first2=Anindita |last2=Sanyal}}<br />—{{Cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dilip-ghosh-re-elected-west-bengal-bjp-chief/article30578888.ece |title = Dilip Ghosh re-elected West Bengal BJP chief|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 16 January 2020}}</ref>

After completing his secondary schooling, Ghosh claims to have pursued [[Diploma in Engineering|diploma in engineering]] from a polytechnic college in [[Jhargram]] over an affidavit filed with the [[Election Commission of India]], a case regarding the matter was filed in the [[Calcutta High Court]] but the court dismissed it on the grounds that public interest litigation can not be regarding a person's educational qualification.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/kolkata-news/high-court-dimisses-case-that-challenged-educational-qualifications-of-dilip-ghosh/articleshow/67586917.cms|title=High Court DimissesDismisses Case That Challenged Educational Qualifications of Dilip Ghosh |date=2019-01-18|website=Eisamay Indiatimes|language=bn|access-date=2020-01-10}}<br /></ref> The lone polytechnic institute in the region – [[Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Polytechnic]] maintains that Ghosh did not pass the diploma from the college between 1975 and 1990.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-04-08|title=RTI reply contradicts BJP Bengal president's education qualification claims|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/rti-reply-contradicts-bjp-bengal-president-s-education-qualification-claims/story-z8FMi8vkSYVWJHX1WqnMIL.html|access-date=2020-01-10|website=Hindustan Times}}—{{Cite web|last=Ali|first=Arshad|date=2017-04-08|title=RTI reveals BJP Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh gave incorrect info about education in poll affidavit|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-rti-reply-reveals-bjp-s-dilip-ghosh-lied-about-education-in-poll-affidavit-2389371|access-date=2020-01-10|website=DNA India}}

Ghosh comes from the economically backward areas of [[Jungle Mahals]]<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-political-collapse-of-bengals-upper-caste-bhadralok-hegemony-and-bjps-prize/357287|title =Political Collapse Of Bengal's Upper Caste 'Bhadralok' Hegemony And BJP's Prize|work =[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook magazine]]|quote =The party's, state president Dilip Ghosh (a surname commonly used by members of both the Sadgope and the upper caste Kayastha community) hails from the western districts in the Jangalmahal region (dominated by OBC and ST voters) and is himself an OBC from the Sadgope caste. Such has been his mass appeal in these regions, and consequent rise in the party, that he has sidelined much of the previous upper caste Bhadralok leadership of the party. |location =Kolkata|date =23 July 2020|author=Aniket Ghosh|access-date =24 July 2020}}</ref> and belongs to the [[Sadgop|Bengali Sadgop caste]], a [[Other Backward Class|backward caste]] among [[Bengali Hindus]].<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.deccanherald.com/national/amit-shah-s-son-of-soil-remark-creates-speculation-on-cm-candidate-within-west-bengal-bjp-810147.html|title =Amit Shah's 'son of soil' remark creates speculation on CM candidate within West Bengal BJP|work =Deccan Herald|quote =BJP sources revealed that a section of state leaders close to Bengal party president Dilip Ghosh are trying to project him as the Chief Ministerial candidate, claiming that he is a "grassroots level leader" who has risen through party ranks from a humble background.|date=March 3, 2020|author=Soumya Das |access-date =29 April 2020}}</ref> Ghosh is unmarried and has no children.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2018-08-10|title=বিয়ে করার ইচ্ছে নেই দিলীপ ঘোষের|url=https://www.kolkata24x7.com/dilip-ghosh-have-no-interest-in-marriage/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-03-03|website=Kolkata24x7|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117103805/https://www.kolkata24x7.com/dilip-ghosh-have-no-interest-in-marriage/ |archive-date=17 November 2020 }}</ref>

He launched a political campaign ''Chai Pe Charcha'' where he spoke to people while sipping tea. He made a popular slogan ''Unishe Half, Ekushe Saaf'' before the general election. <ref>—{{cite news |url =https://www.newindianexpress.com/videos/videos-nation/2019/may/28/unishe-half-ekushe-saaf-how-bjp-scripted-its-remarkable-bengal-success-story-106974.html|title ='Unishe half, ekushe saaf': How BJP scripted its remarkable Bengal success story = The Indian Express|location =Online Edition|date =28 May 2019|access-date =28 May 2020}}</ref> He was attacked on one such campaign on August 30, 2019, in [[Kolkata]]'s [[Lake Town, Kolkata|Lake Town]] area allegedly by [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] workers.<ref>—{{cite news |url =https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/dilip-ghosh-attacked-kolkata-1593347-2019-08-30|title =Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh attacked by mob in Kolkata's Lake Town|work =India Today|quote =Dilip Ghosh was also scheduled to attend a 'Chai Pe Charcha' meet in Lake Town. He was suddenly surrounded by a mob who allegedly attacked him. The BJP has claimed the men belonged to the TMC.|location =Kolkata|date =August 30, 2019}} <br />—{{cite news |url =https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/on-caa-mamata-banerjee-dilip-ghosh-take-cues-from-pm-modi-s-chai-pe-charcha/story-XnlF7PcsvLJGy6TW2MpAOK.html|title =On CAA, Mamata Banerjee, Dilip Ghosh take cues from PM Modi's chai pe charcha|work =Hindustan Times|location =Kolkata|date =January 27, 2020|access-date =29 April 2020}} <br />—{{cite news |url =https://siliguritimes.com/bjp-state-president-dilip-ghosh-attends-the-chai-pe-charcha-campaign-in-malda/|title =BJP State President Dilip Ghosh attends the 'Chai Pe Charcha' campaign in Malda|work =Siliguri Times|location =Malda|date =27 January 2020|access-date =29 April 2020}}</ref>

In January 2020 Dilip Ghosh was re-appointed as West Bengal BJP president.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dilip-ghosh-re-elected-as-west-bengal-bjp-president/videoshow/73293674.cms|work=Economics Times|date=16 Jan 2020|title =Dilip Ghosh re-elected as West Bengal BJP president}}</ref> Soon after reappointment, he remarked that [[West Bengal]] has turned into hub of anti-nationals activities under the governance of [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{Cite webnews | url=https://m.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/bengal-turned-into-hub-of-anti-nationals-under-tmc-regime-dilip-ghosh/amp_articleshowarticleshow/73256985.cms |title = Bengal turned into hub of anti-nationals under TMC regime: Dilip Ghosh|work=Times of India| date=14 January 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/jan/15/west-bengal-turned-into-hub-of-anti-nationals-under-tmc-regime-dilip-ghosh-2089561.html |title = West Bengal turned into hub of anti-nationals under TMC regime: Dilip Ghosh}}</ref>

Dilip Ghosh has made many controversial comments in his several political rallies including name calling people,<ref name="m.timesofindia.comThe Times of India">{{Cite webnews | url=https://m.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Jadavpur-University-girl-students-shameless-below-standard-BJP-leader-Dilip-Ghosh/amp_articleshowarticleshow/52271663.cms | title=Jadavpur University girl students 'shameless', 'below standard': BJP leader Dilip Ghosh – Times of India| newspaper=The Times of India| date=15 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="indianexpress.com">{{Cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/west-bengal-kolkata-dilip-ghosh-remark-on-ju-girls-congress-supporters-demand-apology-2802444/ |title = Dilip Ghosh remark on JU girls, Congress supporters demand apology|date = 16 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/jadavpur-university-women-students-are-shameless-bjp-s-dilip-ghosh/story-5Hgu6jVQlL1LGaUSWNpDrJ.html |title = Jadavpur University women students are 'shameless': BJP's Dilip Ghosh|date = 16 May 2016}}</ref> call for violence onlike killing and mass murder of political opponents,<ref name="asianage.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.asianage.com/metros/kolkata/280819/dilip-ghosh-threatens-to-kill-tmc-workers-kin.html |title = Dilip Ghosh threatens to kill TMC workers' kin|date = 28 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="indiatoday.in">{{Cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bash-up-tmc-workers-cops-bjp-bengal-chief-to-party-workers-1592245-2019-08-27 |title = Bash up TMC workers, cops: BJP Bengal chief to party workers}}</ref><ref name="dailypioneer.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/india/bengal-bjp-chief-threatens-tmc-with----mass-murder---.html |title = Bengal BJP chief threatens TMC with 'mass murder'}}</ref> protestors<ref name="telegraphindia.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/wait-for-surgical-strike-on-jadavpur-university-bjp/cid/1706410 |title = Wait for surgical strike on Jadavpur University|page=BJP}}</ref><ref name="thehindu.com">{{Cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/surgical-strike-needed-to-destroy-jadavpur-university-hub-of-anti-nationals-says-bjps-dilip-ghosh/article29469741.ece/amp/ |title = Jadavpur University, a hub of anti-nationals, will be destroyed in a Balakot-like surgical strike: BJP's Dilip Ghosh|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 20 September 2019}}</ref><ref name="amp.scroll.in">{{Cite web | url=https://amp.scroll.in/latest/937965/kolkata-bjp-marches-in-protest-against-alleged-assault-on-babul-supriyo-at-jadavpur-university |title = West Bengal BJP chief says surgical strike in JU will destroy groups that assaulted Babul Supriyo}}</ref><ref name="india.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.india.com/news/india/ju-a-hub-of-anti-national-activities-our-cadres-will-conduct-surgical-strike-to-destroy-them-dilip-ghosh-3779317/amp/ | title='JU a Hub of Anti-national Activities, Our Cadres Will Conduct Surgical Strike to Destroy Them': Dilip Ghosh| date=20 September 2019}}</ref> and creatingto create trouble.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/we-allow-people-to-create-trouble-bengal-bjp-leader-sets-up-new-controversy/story-e2picZ48bl10T720UuAFlL.html |title = 'We allow people to create trouble': Bengal BJP leader sets up new controversy|date = 27 December 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/amp/news/politics/if-tmc-creates-trouble-we-will-also-follow-suit-bjps-dilip-ghosh-courts-new-controversy-2437783.html | title='If TMC Creates Trouble, We Will Also Follow Suit': BJP's Dilip Ghosh Courts New Controversy}}</ref>

In May 2016, he raised a controversy when he said girl students of [[Jadavpur University]] "below standard and shameless who are always in search of opportunity to be in the company of male students".<ref name="m.timesofindia.comThe Times of India"/><ref name="indianexpress.com"/><ref name="hindustantimes.com"/> In one of his speeches he criticised "few intellectuals" for having beef on roads and asked them to consume 'dog meat' at their homes.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/foreign-cows-are-aunties-indian-cows-have-gold-in-their-milk-bjps-dilip-ghosh20191105120607/ |title = Foreign cows are 'aunties', Indian cows have gold in their milk: BJP's Dilip Ghosh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-few-intellectuals-eat-beef-on-roads-but-bjp-s-dilip-ghosh-bizarre-remark-2800204/amp |title = 'Few intellectuals eat beef on roads but...': BJP's Dilip Ghosh bizarre remark}}</ref> In August 2019, he declaredout of anger due to too much suppression and violence on BJP workers by TMC told that the [[Trinamul Congress]] workers’ families would be wiped out if he starts killing them . Triggering controversy, he even ordered his party workers rather to take revenge against [[Trinamul Congress|TMC]] and even the police through violence.<ref name="asianage.com"/><ref name="indiatoday.in"/><ref name="dailypioneer.com"/> In September 2019, terming the students of [[Jadavpur University]] "anti-nationals" and "terrorists", he insinuated that his party would conduct a "Balakot-like surgical strike" on the JU campus to "drive out the communists".<ref name="telegraphindia.com"/><ref name="thehindu.com"/><ref name="amp.scroll.in"/><ref name="india.com"/> In November 2019, he stirred up a controversy with his remark stating that foreign cows are aunties, Indian cows produce gold. "The characteristics of Indian cows is that its milk has gold which is why its colour is yellow to some extent. "The Indian cows have hump. But the foreign cows do not have it," he said while addressing a gathering at an event Gopa Ashtami Karyakram organised by him and Gavikalyan Samity at [[Burdwan]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.asianage.com/metros/kolkata/061119/eat-dog-meat-also-bjp-chief-tells-beef-eating-intellectuals.html | title=Foreign cows are aunties, Indian cows produce gold: Dilip Ghosh| date=6 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite webnews | url=https://m.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/gaumatas-milk-has-gold-foreign-cow-breeds-are-aunties-bjp-neta/amp_articleshowarticleshow/71931240.cms |title = Gaumata's milk has gold, foreign cow breeds are aunties: BJP neta – Times of India| newspaper=The Times of India | date=6 November 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/11/05/bengal-bjp-chief-calls-foreign-cow-aunties-asks-beef-eaters-to-eat-dog.html | title=Bengal BJP chief calls foreign cows 'aunties', asks beef eaters to eat dog| website=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]}}</ref> He also courted controversy when he said anti [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|CAA]] intellectuals are 'devils' and 'parasites' who don't know about their parents.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/now-dilip-ghosh-calls-anti-caa-intellectuals-parasites-who-dont-know-about-their-parents-2462803.html | title=Now, Dilip Ghosh Calls Anti-CAA Intellectuals 'Parasites Who Don't Know About Their Parents'| date=18 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/parentage-jibe-from-dilip-ghosh/cid/1736777 | title=Parentage jibe from Dilip}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bengal-bjps-dilip-ghosh-on-caa-protests-intellectuals-opposing-law-parasites-2165999 |title = Intellectuals at Citizenship Law Protests "Parasites": Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/intellectuals-opposing-caa-are-devils-parasites-says-dilip-ghosh-day-after-being-re-elected-as-west-bengal-bjp-chief-7925611.html |title = 'Intellectuals opposing CAA are devils, parasites,' says Dilip Ghosh, day after being re-elected as West Bengal BJP chief|date = 18 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/now-dilip-ghosh-calls-anti-caa-intellectuals-parasites-who-dont-know-about-their-parents-2462803.html | title=Now, Dilip Ghosh Calls Anti-CAA Intellectuals 'Parasites Who Don't Know About Their Parents'| date=18 January 2020}}<br />—{{Cite web | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/west-bengal/parentage-jibe-from-dilip-ghosh/cid/1736777 | title=Parentage jibe from Dilip}}<br />—{{Cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bengal-bjps-dilip-ghosh-on-caa-protests-intellectuals-opposing-law-parasites-2165999 |title = Intellectuals at Citizenship Law Protests "Parasites": Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh}}<br />—{{Cite web | url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/intellectuals-opposing-caa-are-devils-parasites-says-dilip-ghosh-day-after-being-re-elected-as-west-bengal-bjp-chief-7925611.html |title = 'Intellectuals opposing CAA are devils, parasites,' says Dilip Ghosh, day after being re-elected as West Bengal BJP chief|date = 18 January 2020}}</ref>

On January 30, while addressing a political rally, he commented "Unless you visit jail, you cannot be a political leader".<ref name="news18.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/unless-you-visit-jail-you-cannot-be-a-leader-bengal-bjp-chief-dilip-ghosh-tells-partymen-2479747.html | title=Unless You Visit Jail, You Cannot be a Leader: Bengal BJP Chief Dilip Ghosh Tells Partymen| date=30 January 2020}}</ref><ref name="ndtv.com">{{Cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/dilip-ghosh-to-bjp-workers-cannot-be-a-leader-unless-you-go-to-jail-2172160 |title = "Can't be a Leader Unless You Go to Jail": Dilip Ghosh to BJP Workers}}</ref> Ghosh made derogatory remarks about [[Goddess Durga]], hethe most worshipped deity in [[Bengali Hindus|Bengali Hindu]] society in an attempt to glorify [[Rama|Lord Rama]], the most worshipped deity in North Indian Hindu society. He asked that as everyone knows the names of his ancestors of Lord Ram and does everyone know the same about Durga on February 13, 2021. TMC workers tonusured their heads to protest his statement.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/tmc-supporters-tonsure-their-heads-bengal-bjp-chief-dilip-ghosh-durga-remark-1769197-2021-02-14|title = TMC supporters tonsure their heads in protest against Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh's remark on 'Durga'}}</ref>

He raised questions that why nobody was falling ill or dying at [[Shaheen Bagh protests]], at an event organised by the Kolkata Press Club.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/amp/news/politics/why-no-shaheen-bagh-protester-falling-ill-wonders-dilip-ghosh-2477245.html |title = Why Has No Protester at Shaheen Bagh Fallen Ill or Died Until Now, Asks BJP MP Dilip Ghosh}}<br />—{{Cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/citizenship-amendment-act-bjps-dilip-ghosh-says-many-died-in-notes-ban-queues-why-not-shaheen-bagh-2171141?amp=1&akamai-rum=off | title="If 100 Died in Notes Ban Queues, Why Not Shaheen Bagh?": Shocker by BJP's Dilip Ghosh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/why-no-shaheen-bagh-protester-falling-ill-wonders-bengal-bjp-chief-dilip-ghosh/1838028/?utm_campaign | title=Why no Shaheen Bagh protester falling ill, wonders Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh| date=28 January 2020}}<br />{{Cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/video/why-shaheen-bagh-protester-falling-despite-chilly-winter-dilip-ghosh-1641208-2020-01-29 |title = Why no Shaheen Bagh protester falling ill despite chilly winter: Dilip Ghosh}}</ref> On February 16, 2020, he took a jibe on anti Citizenship Amendment Act protesters, and said "some uneducated, unaware, poor people have been lured with money and are being fed Biryani with foreign funds to continue with the protests."<ref>{{Cite webnews | url=https://m.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/biryani-foreign-funds-driving-the-uneducated-to-caa-rallies-bengal-bjp-president-dilip-ghosh/amp_articleshowarticleshow/74155796.cms

|title = Biryani, foreign funds driving the uneducated to CAA rallies: Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh| newspaper=The Times of India | date=16 February 2020 }}<br />—{{Cite web | url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/protesters-at-delhis-shaheen-bagh-kolkatas-park-circus-uneducated-and-poor-doing-it-for-money-says-bengal-bjp-chief-dilip-ghosh-8045921.html

Dilip Ghosh, who is famous for his controversial remarks, made below-the-belt attackattacks on the [[List of chief ministers of West Bengal|incumbent Chief Minister]] during his election campaign in 2021. Ghosh asked [[Mamata Banerjee]] to wear 'bermudasBermudas' in order to display her plastered leg.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/west-bengal/article/why-doesnt-mamata-banerjee-wears-bermudas-to-show-her-plastered-leg-dilip-ghosh-in-purulia/736710|title=Dilip Ghosh asks Mamata Banerjee to wear 'bermudas', TMC's Mahua Moitra calls BJP 'perverted depraved monkeys'|website=Times Now}}</ref> He later defended his bermudaBermuda remark.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly-election/dilip-ghosh-defends-bermuda-remark-says-mamata-banerjee-showing-legs-in-a-saree-inappropriate-101616663351498.html|title=Dilip Ghosh defends bermuda remark, says Mamata showing legs in saree is inappropriate|date=25 March 2021|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> He alsocontinued madeto somemake various other derogatory remarks about the CM during his rallies, questioning her character & lineage.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 December 2020|title=Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh abuses CM Mamata Banerjee; questions her lineage|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/videos/times-now/india/bengal-bjp-chief-dilip-ghosh-abuses-cm-mamata-banerjee-questions-her-lineage/82862|work=[[Times Now]]|access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|date=4 December 2020|title=Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh abuses CM Mamata Banerjee; questions her lineage|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_tTYEhAW54|work=TIMES NOW|access-date=7 December 2021|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=6 December 2020|title='হারামির মতো কাজ করছেন', মুখ্যমন্ত্রীকে গালিগালাজ দিলীপের, তুলোধনা করলেন মিমি|url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/bengal/kolkata/mimi-chakraborty-slams-dilip-ghosh-for-slang-language-against-mamata-banerjee-31607253549787.html|work=Hindustan Times Bangla|language=bn|access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=16 April 2021|title=TMC MP Derek O'Brien slams Dilip Ghosh over 'wheelchair' comment on CM Mamata Banerjee|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/west-bengal-mamata-banerjee-kolkata-election-dilip-ghosh-bjp-1791450-2021-04-16|work=[[India Today]]|access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref> "The police have to work from under our feet," he said in a rally.<ref>{{cite web|date=14 April 2021|title='পুলিশকে পায়ের তলায় চাকরি করতে হবে', বিতর্কিত মন্তব্য দিলীপের|url=https://bangla.hindustantimes.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021/police-have-to-work-under-feet-bengal-bjp-president-creates-another-controversy-31618313043712.html|work=Hindustan Times Bangla|language=bn|access-date=9 December 2021}}</ref> Ghosh made controversial remarks even about Netaji [[Subhas Chandra Bose]].<ref>{{cite web|date=24 January 2021|title='নেতাজিকে নিয়ে রাজনীতি করবই, বাপের হিম্মত থাকলে আটকাক', ফের বিতর্কিত মন্তব্য দিলীপের|url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/bengal/i-will-do-politics-with-netaji-subhash-chandra-bose-says-dilip-ghosh/|work=Sangbad Pratidin|language=bn|access-date=7 January 2022}}</ref>

OnIn January 2020, when a lone woman carrying anti [[Citizenship Amendment Act|CAA]] poster was heckled by his partyman. Later while speaking to newsmen, Ghosh justified the heckling of the woman saying "Our men did the right thing. She should thank her stars that she was only heckled and nothing else was done to her".<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/should-thank-her-stars-nothing-else-done-dilip-ghosh-to-anti-caa-protester-heckled-by-bjp-cadres-2480201.html|title='Should Thank Her Stars Nothing Else Done': Dilip Ghosh to Anti-CAA Protester Heckled by BJP Cadres|date=30 January 2020|website=News18}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web | url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/kolkata/state-bjp-president-dilip-ghosh-attacks-a-lady-in-patuli/ | title=State BJP president Dilip Ghosh attacks a lady in Patuli| date=30 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/kolkata-news/controversial-comment-of-west-bengal-bjp-president-dilip-ghosh-about-a-lady-who-protested-against-caa-npr-during-bjps-pro-caa-abhinandan-rally/amp_articleshow/73775423.cms |title = Dilip Ghosh: BJP-র মিছিলে একলা তরুণীর CAA-প্রতিবাদ, 'ও কি শহিদ হতে চায়?' ফের বোমা দিলীপের - controversial comment of west bengal BJP president dilip ghosh about a lady who protested against caa-NPR during BJP's pro-caa abhinandan rally &#124; Eisamay}}</ref> Police later registered a sexual harassment case against Ghosh for his remarks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/fresh-trouble-sexual-harassment-case-filed-against-bengal-bjp-president-6245186/|title=Fresh trouble for BJP bengal chief: Sexual harassment case filed against Dilip Ghosh|date=1 February 2020}}</ref>

During the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2021 election]] campaign, Dilip Ghosh made provocative remarks while [[Election Commission of India's Model Code of Conduct|Model Code of Conduct]] was in force, which created grounds for violence.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-05|title=Here's How BJP Bengal Unit President Dilip Ghosh Created Grounds For Post-Poll Violence|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-heres-how-bjp-bengal-unit-president-dilip-ghosh-created-grounds-for-post-poll-violence/382022|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Outlook India|archive-date=2021-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505045935/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-heres-how-bjp-bengal-unit-president-dilip-ghosh-created-grounds-for-post-poll-violence/382022|url-status=live}}</ref> After the election, [[Kolkata Police]] lodged [[First information report|FIR]] against him for promoting enmity.<ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kol-police-lodges-fir-against-dilip-mithun/articleshow/82487152.cms|title=Kolkata Police lodges FIR against Dilip, Mithun|website=The Times of India|date=9 May 2021 |access-date=2021-09-15|archive-date=2021-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817133401/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/kol-police-lodges-fir-against-dilip-mithun/articleshow/82487152.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

OnIn March 2020, he claimed that, there is no harm in drinking [[cow urine]] and he has no qualms in admitting he consumes it. The claim that consumption of cow urine can cure coronavirus drew sharp criticism from the ruling [[Trinamool Congress]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/i-consume-cow-urine-people-have-done-so-for-ages-bjp-west-bengal-chief-dilip-ghosh-1656683-2020-03-18#referrer=https://www.google.com|title= I consume cow urine, people have done so for ages: BJP West Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/bengal-bjp-chief-dilip-ghosh-says-no-harm-in-drinking-cow-urine-party-mp-says-time-to-shun-unscientific-beliefs-814873.html| title= Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh says no harm in drinking cow urine; party MP says time to shun 'unscientific beliefs

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