Deepak Baij is a famous Indian politician. In the 2019 general elections, he won a seat in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, on the ticket of the Indian National Congress party. It represents Bastar district in Chhattisgarh, India.
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Wiki/Biography
Deepak Kumar Baiji was born on Tuesday 14 July 1981 (age 41 years as of 2023) in Lohandiguda, Bastar, Chhattisgarh. His zodiac sign is Cancer. Deepak Baij earned an M.A. in Political Science, an M.A. in Economics, and an LL.B. At Government Kakatiya Post Graduate College, Dharmpura, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh.
Physical appearance
Height (approx): 5′6″
Hair color: black
Eye Color: Black
family
parents and siblings
Father’s name is Baluram Baiji and mother’s name is Lakshmi Bai Baiji.
wife and children
Deepak Baij’s wife, Poonam Baij, works as a government employee in Chhattisgarh.
Deepak Baiji poses with his wife Poonam Baiji
The couple has three children, two daughters and a son.
Caste
Deepak Baij belongs to Scheduled Tribe community.
Address
His permanent address is Village – Usribeda, PO – Lohandiguda, District – Baster, 494010, Chhattisgarh
Career
politics
Deepak Baiji became the Bastar district president of the Indian National Students Organization in 2008. The following year, he was appointed as the General Secretary of the Indian Youth Congress in Chhattisgarh.
Deepak Baiji addressing a political rally
From 2009 to 2011, Deepak Baiji served in the Lohandiguda Block Congress Committee as a party worker. After that, he was the full-time president of the Bloc Congress Committee from 2012 to 2014. In 2013, he was elected as a member of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Chitrakoot constituency. In 2018, Deepak Baij contested the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly elections representing Chitrakoot constituency. He won the election as a member of the Indian National Congress Party by 17,000 votes.
Deepak Baij during a political campaign in 2018
On 12 July 2023, Deepak Baiji became the president of the Indian National Congress unit in Chhattisgarh. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appointed him to the post after succeeding Mohan Markam. Prior to this appointment, Deepak Baij served on various committees related to External Affairs, Chemicals and Fertilizers. In 2023, he joined the advisory committee of the Union Tribal Affairs Ministry.
Notification issued by the Indian National Congress Committee after the appointment of Deepak Baij as the President of Chhattisgarh INC.
confrontations
Police charges
Deepak Baij has one count of bribery, which involves offering or accepting illegal payments (IPC Section-171E), one count of disobeying orders given by a public servant (IPC Section-188), one count of using force or threats to prevent a public servant from doing his work (IPC Section-353) and one count of obstructing a public servant (IPC Section-353).
award
- Deepak Baij received the ‘Adarsh Yuva Vidayak Puraskar’ award from the Student Parliament of India at MIT Pune, Maharashtra, on January 18, 2017.
movable assets
- Deposits in banks: Rs. 8,74,926
- NSS, Postal Savings: Rs. 2,02,212
- LIC or other insurance policy: Rs. 21,50,000
- Motor Vehicles: Rs. 11 18 000
Total cost: Rs. 48,00,138
real estate
- Agricultural land: Rs. 3,00,000
Obligations
- Loans from Banks / FIs: Rs. 1,30,858
Net worth
Deepak Baij net worth is Rs. 49.5 GEL according to the oath submitted by him to the position of the Ministry of Internal Affairs before the 2018 elections.
Facts/Trivia
- In 2018, Deepak Baiji made headlines when he went to a community problem solving camp in Chhattisgarh’s Chittapuri village. There he saw dirty water coming out of the well and was very angry. To show his frustration, he drank the water himself and then offered the officer a drink. Deepak received information that people in Chindwara village had been forced to drink the red water of the well for many years. So he visited the village and collected the dirty water from the well in a bottle.
Deepak Baiji was drinking dirty water from a well in 2018
- In 2020, an unknown Maoist sent a death threat to Deepak Baij.
- In June 2022, Deepak Baij and a group of Congress party leaders were arrested by the Delhi Police during a protest against the Enforcement Directorate of India. This comes after Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the National Herald money laundering case.
Deepak Baij (sitting in a bus) arrested by Delhi Police in June 2022
- In January 2023, Deepak Baij joined Rahul Gandhi, leader of the All India National Congress, in the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Deepak Baiji along with Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra in Bharat Jodo Yatra
Former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh @digvijaya_28 के साथ भारत जोडो पाडायात्र में…. pic.twitter.com/814EfhgzH6
— Deepak Baij (@DeepakBaijINC) September 8, 2022
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