Deepak Baij Age, Wiki and Bio

Deepak Baij

Quick Info

ProfessionPolitician and Farmer
NationalityIndian
Date of Birth14/07/1981
Age43 years
BirthplaceLohandiguda, Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Physical Stats & More

Height167 cm
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

Government Kakatiya Post Graduate College, Dharmpura, Jagdalpur, Bastar, Chhattisgarh

Personal Life

HometownLohandiguda, Bastar, Chhattisgarh
CasteScheduled Tribe
HobbiesPlaying Cricket and Travelling

Relationships & More

Marital StatusMarried
Marriage Date29 May

Family

FatherBhaluram Baij
MotherLakshmi Bai Baij
SpousePoonam Baij (government servant)
ChildrenHe has two daughters and a son.

Career

Political PartyIndian National Congress
12 July 2023President of Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee
6 June 2019Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (Bastar Constituency)
8 December 2008 – 6 June 2019Member of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly (Chitrakot Constituency)
3 December 2023Contested the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly elections; he lost to the BJP candidate Vinayak Goyal (Chitrakot Constituency)

Some Lesser Known Facts

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.