Rahul Sinha

Rahul Sinha (born 20 October 2963) is an politician and current National Secretary He served as President of Bharatiya Janata Party, West Bengal Unit from 2009-2015 before Dilip Ghosh.
Early and personal life
Rahul Sinha was born in Kolkata, West Bengal on 20 October 1963.
Political Career
In 2012, Sinha was re-elected for three years as president of the West Bengal unit of the BJP after campaigning in the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party's two month long organisational elections.
As president, Sinha led the party during the panchayat polls in 2013 and the 2014 General elections of India. Sinha lost the election, and AITC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay was elected a second time as representative of the North Kolkata Lok Sabha constituency. In 2019 Lok Sabha election he again contested from the same constituency but lost again to Sudip Bandyopadhyay of the Trinomool Congress.
Controversy
According to All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) leader and Trinamool Yuva Congress (TMYC) state president Abhishek Banerjee, Rahul Sinha's brother Sudip Sinha is a member of the Trinamool Congress. Banerjee, nephew of the current Chief Minister of West Bengal, stated at Shahid Minar Rally of Trinamool Youth Congress that Rahul Sinha's brother Sudip Sinha is one of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) youth activists who became member of Trinamool and joined the rally. Banerjee further said, "Soon, his whole family will be with us ".
Later, Rahul Sinha said that his brother had been a member of Trinamool Congress for years. He said that Banerjee was trying to mislead people by introducing false information and implying that Bharatiya Janata party leaders were divided. Sinha also claimed that Trinamool leaders are "trying petty tricks to show I Rahul Sinha have a divided house".

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