Deepak Baij is an Indian politician. |
He won the 2019 Indian general election to become a member of the Lok Sabha. |
He represents the Bastar constituency in Chhattisgarh and is a member of the Indian National Congress party. |
In 2008, he was elected as the Bastar district president of the National student organisation of India. |
The Indian Youth Congress appointed him as its General Secretary the following year. |
He served the Lohandiguda Block Congress Committee from 2009 to 2011 and was its President from 2012 to 2014. |
In 2013, he was elected as a Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly from Chitrakoot constituency. |
In 2017, he received the “Adarsh Yuva Vidhayak Puraskar” award from the Indian Student Parliament at MIT Pune. |
He contested and won the assembly elections from Chitrakoot constituency in 2018. |
In 2019, he became a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Bastar Constituency. |
He was appointed as the national vice president of the All Indian Tribal Congress Committee in the same year. |
In 2020, he received a death threat from an unknown Maoist. |
In June 2022, Deepak Baij and other Congress party leaders were detained by Delhi police during a protest. |
In January 2023, he participated in the Bharat Jodo Yatra with Rahul Gandhi. |
On 12 July 2023, he was appointed as the President of the Chhattisgarh Indian National Congress Unit. |
He had served on various standing committees before joining the Consultative Committee of the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs in 2023. |
Deepak Baij is also known for his cricket skills and passion for fitness. |