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{{Short description|Indian student activist (born 1993)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dipsita Dhar
| image = SAVE 20200723 094529.jpg
| caption = Dhar in March 2022
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|08|09|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Howrah, West Bengal]], India
| education = BA (Geography) at [[Asutosh College]], MA, M.Phil, and PhD, in Population Studies at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Student activist|Politician}}
| organization = [[Students Federation of India]]
| known_for = All India SFI Leader, Social worker, Motivational Speaker
| notable_works = Red volunteer
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 5
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| mother =
| father =
| relatives = [[Padma Nidhi Dhar]] (grandfather)
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'''Dipsita Dhar''' (born 9 August 1993) is an Indian politician and student activist. She serves as the All-India Joint Secretary of the Students' Federation of India.<ref name="Das 2021">{{cite news |last1=Das |first1=Prajanma |title=JNU PhD scholar Dipsita Dhar on contesting in Bengal Assembly polls: Never interested in politics till I joined college |url=https://www.edexlive.com/news/2021/mar/24/phd-scholar-dipsitadhar-on-contesting-in-bengal-assembly-polls-19264.html |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |agency=Edex Live |date=March 24, 2021|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Banerjee|first=Souptik|date=2021-03-12|title=জাতীয় রাজনীতির লড়াকু মুখ, জেএনইউয়ের দীপ্সিতা বড় ভরসা বামফ্রন্টের|url=https://www.kolkata24x7.com/bally-left-candidate-is-a-student-leader-of-jnu/|access-date=2021-03-13|website=Kolkata24x7 {{!}} Read Latest Bengali News, Breaking News in Bangla from West Bengal's Leading online Newspaper|language=bn}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> She was the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate for the [[Bally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bally]] constituency in the [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-11|title=West Bengal polls: JNUSU's Aishe Ghosh, student leader Dipsita Dhar among candidates|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/west-bengal-polls-jnusu-s-aishe-ghosh-student-leader-dipsita-dhar-among-candidates-145027|access-date=2021-03-12|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-03|title=West Bengal polls: CPI(M) to focus on young candidates|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/west-bengal-polls-cpim-to-focus-on-young-candidates-957691.html|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=Shrabani|last=Gupta|title=বামফ্রন্টের সম্ভাব্য প্রার্থী তালিকা!‌ জানুন কে, কোথায় দাঁড়াচ্ছেন|url=https://aajkaal.in/news/state/left-front-candidate-list-w1i5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920212222/https://aajkaal.in/news/state/left-front-candidate-list-w1i5|url-status=dead|archive-date=20 September 2021|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.aajkaal.in|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=সম্ভাব্য বাম প্রার্থীদের চিনে নিন...|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/west-bengal/photos/left-front-allows-young-candidates-to-contest-in-maximum-seats-in-west-bengal-assembly-election-2021/photoshow/81319326.cms|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Ei Samay|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title='21-এ বামেদের প্রার্থী তালিকায় ঐশী-দীপ্সিতা ?|url=https://www.etvbharat.com/bengali/west-bengal/state/kolkata/west-bengal-assembly-election-2021-aishi-ghosh-and-dipshita-dhar-may-be-in-candidate-list-of-left/wb20210219214638620|access-date=2021-03-09|website=ETV Bharat News|date=19 February 2021 |language=en}}</ref> She ran in the [[2024 Indian General Election]] as a [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] candidate from [[Serampore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Serampore]] but lost.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-03-02|title=Left Front announces 16 candidates in Bengal|language=en-IN|work=The Indian Express|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/left-front-first-list-16-names-west-bengal-14-ls-election-fray-first-time-9214498/|access-date=2024-03-24|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Chaudhuri |first=Subhasish|title=27 Of 29 Left Candidates Lose Deposits In A Failed Bid To Send Any Representative To Lok Sabha|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/amp/elections/lok-sabha-election-2024/27-of-29-left-candidates-lose-deposits-in-a-failed-bid-to-send-any-representative-to-lok-sabha/cid/2025260|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2024-06-07}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Dipsita Dhar was born in [[Howrah]],<ref name="Akhauri 2021">{{cite news |last1=Akhauri |first1=Tanvi |title=Bengal Election 2021: CPI(M) Puts Faith In Aishe Ghosh, Other Young Candidates |url=https://www.shethepeople.tv/women-and-the-vote/young-cpm-candidates-bengal-election-aishe-ghosh-minakshi-mukherjee/ |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=[[SheThePeople.TV]] |date=March 11, 2021}}</ref> West Bengal on 9 August 1993 to Pijush Dhar and Dipika Thakur Chakraborty. She graduated with a degree in geography from [[Asutosh College]] in [[South Kolkata|Southern Kolkata]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-27|title=Interview with Dipsita Dhar: Exclusive interview of Dipsita Dhar, CPM candidate from Howrah's Bally|url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/bengal/interview-with-dipsita-dhar-cpm-candidate-from-howrahs-bally-dipsita-dhar-exclusive-interview/|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Sangbad Pratidin|language=bn}}</ref> She completed her Post Graduation and MPhil in geography from [[Jawaharlal Nehru University|Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.]] She did her PhD in Population Geography at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] and her fieldwork was in Kerala.<ref name="Das 2021" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=৩৪ বছরে বেশ কিছু ভুল হয়েছিল, মানছেন দীপ্সিতা|url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west-bengal-news/howrah-news/west-bengal-election-2021-interview-of-cpim-candidate-of-bali-assembly-dipsita-dhar/articleshow/81970177.cms|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Ei Samay|language=bn}}</ref>

== Political life ==

=== Student Politics ===
Dipsita Dhar started her organisational activities through Kishore Bahini, a children's group in West Bengal. She then joined [[Students' Federation of India|Students' Federation of India (SFI)]] at [[Asutosh College]], [[South Kolkata|Southern Kolkata]] and became the acting president of SFI College Unit and later the District Committee member of Kolkata.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2016-04-22|title=10 Most influential women student leaders of India|url=https://www.aapkatimes.com/10-most-influential-women-student-leaders-of-india/|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Aapka Times|language=en-US}}</ref> She joined [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]] in 2013 and became the Councillor for School of Social Sciences, the first victory in JNUSU for SFI after its disruption in 2012.<ref name=":0" /> She unsuccessfully contested for the post of [[Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union|JNUSU]] vice president in 2015.<ref name=":0" /> She later became the unit president and secretary of SFI unit in JNU.<ref name="Mumtaz 2016">{{Cite news|last=Mumtaz|first=Roase|title=Sounding out Indian youth leaders|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2016/5/6/sounding-out-indian-youth-leaders|access-date=2021-03-09|date=May 6, 2016 |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]]|language=en}}</ref> She was elected as the vice president of SFI in Delhi State Committee in 2015. She then became the Central Committee Member and Central Secretariat Member of SFI. In 2017 convention at Vijayawada in [[Andhra Pradesh]], Dipsita became the SFI's All India Girls Student Sub Committee Convener.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala's former Health Minister KK Shailaja to inaugurate SFI's All Girls Convention in Rajasthan|url=https://www.edexlive.com/news/2021/dec/16/keralas-former-health-minister-kk-shailaja-to-inaugurate-sfis-all-girls-convention-in-rajasthan-26285.html|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Edex Live|date=16 December 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|date=2019-11-05|title=Violence against women are continuing unabated: SFI|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/violence-against-women-are-continuing-unabated-sfi/article29882392.ece|access-date=2021-03-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She again got re-elected as the SFI's All India Girls Student Sub Committee Convener in a convention held at Sikar, Rajasthan in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dipsita Dhar Is SFI All India Student Sub Committee Convener|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/english/news/national/dipsita-dhar-is-sfi-all-india-student-sub-committee-convener/5535|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Deshabhimani|language=en}}</ref> Dipsita was also part of the Student Politician Delegation to United Kingdom along with 8 others from India, organised by the [[British High Commission, New Delhi]] in 2015.<ref name=":0" />

In 2018, All India Conference of SFI at Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, she was elected as the All India Joint Secretary of SFI.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2018-11-03|title=Students Resolve to Fight Communalisation and Privatisation at SFI All India Conference|url=https://www.newsclick.in/students-resolve-fight-communalisation-and-privatisation-sfi-all-india-conference|access-date=2021-03-09|website=NewsClick|language=en}}</ref> She has faced attack from [[Delhi Police]] for the participation in political movements including Justice for Rohit Vemula movement.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Stopped: Rohith march|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/stopped-rohith-march/cid/1518085|access-date=2021-03-13|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-01-18|title=JNU students roughed up and detained by police|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/jnu-students-roughed-up-and-detained-by-police-journalist-beaten-rohith-vemula-death-anniversary-4479282/|access-date=2021-03-09|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> Her street slogans during the anti-CAA protests helped more people connect with the political cause. During the Shaheen Bagh sit-in protests in Delhi against CAA, she was active in organising protests in Votebagan and Pilkhan of Howrah, West Bengal.<ref>{{cite web | title=Bengal Elections: In Bally, Dipsita's Ground Campaign Counters Polarisation by TMC, BJP | website=Newsclick | date=2021-04-05 | url=https://www.newsclick.in/bengal-elections-bally-dipsita-ground-campaign-counters-polarisation-TMC-BJP | access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ആസാദി വിളികളുമായി പാലക്കാടിനെ പിടിച്ച് കുലുക്കിയ ആ യുവതാരം ഇതാണ്...|url=https://www.asianetnews.com/news/viral-news/this-is-the-viral-slogan-girl-dipsita-dhar-who-motivated-audience-against-caa-in-palakkad-q3khw7|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=ml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mohan|first=Shriya|title=Sing a song of freedom|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/sing-a-song-of-freedom/article30532807.ece|access-date=2021-03-09|website=@businessline|date=10 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=हाथरस गैंगरेप: आखिर कौन हैं दलितों के साथ हिंसा करने वाले|url=https://www.outlookhindi.com/country/general/who-is-the-one-who-commits-violence-against-dalits-51771|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.outlookhindi.com/|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=SFI's General Secretary Dipsita Dhar Speaks To OTV On Delhi Violence, CAA| date=27 February 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xmSnIH-IKY|language=en|access-date=2021-03-13}}</ref> She was one of the Panelist in Global Indian Progressive Panel held on 2 October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ahmed|first=Aminah|title=Young Indian Activists Speak Truth to Power|url=https://browngirlmagazine.com/2020/10/young-indian-activists-speak-truth-to-power/|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Brown Girl Magazine|date=3 October 2020|language=en-US|archive-date=18 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118192417/https://www.browngirlmagazine.com/2020/10/young-indian-activists-speak-truth-to-power/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She frequently appears on India's English, [[Hindi]] and Bengali visual media as a panelist in political debates.<ref>{{Citation|title=Agenda 'হিন্দুত্ব'? যোগীর ভাষণে তুমুল তরজা, জনতার প্রশ্নের মুখে সিপিএম-বিজেপি দুই দলই!| date=2 March 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUQfI3R9EzI|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-25|title=West Bengal Election 2021: বালিতে দীপ্সিতা ধরের প্রচার|url=https://bengali.abplive.com/videos/elections/dipsita-dhar-campaigns-at-bali-807290|access-date=2021-04-09|website=ABP Ananda|language=bn}}</ref>

====Gender Issues====

She has been a public advocate and activist for several gender issues, including against violence and abuse of women.<ref name="Akhauri 2021" /> In 2016, as the president, Student Federation of India, Jawaharlal Nehru University Unit, she told ''[[Al Jazeera Media Network|Al Jazeera]]'', "The patriarchal Indian culture is to be blamed for the rape and abuse cases. If women are not considered equal to men, they will be vulnerable to abuse within the family. Indian women need to be educated about their rights so that they can fight and defend themselves against all kinds of abuse."<ref name="Mumtaz 2016"/> She has also advocated for girl students to organize and speak out against violence against women and girls. In 2019, as the SFI national girls’ convener, she addressed female students in a speech, noting ongoing violence against women and girls, and spoke of a lack of basics, including toilets, at state-run schools.<ref name=":3" /> In 2019, as the All India Joint Secretary of SFI, she spoke out against the ICC process for addressing sexual harassment allegations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-03-01|title=Return of Sexual Harassment Accused Atul Johri to JNU Exposes Cracks in ICC|url=https://www.newsclick.in/jnu-sexual-harassment-atul-johri-school-life-sciences|website=NewsClick|language=en}}</ref>

She has also been an organizer of the 2017 campaign to send sanitary napkins to union ministers after its taxation (''bleed without fear campaign'').<ref>{{Cite web|title=SFI activists send sanitary napkins to Arun Jaitley in response to GST on pads|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/07/13/sfi-activists-send-sanitary-napkins-to-arun-jaitley-in-response-to-gst-on-pads|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Newslaundry|date=13 July 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Gegen Tabus: "Menstruierende Frauen verboten": Indischer Film bricht Tabu|url=https://www.rnz.de/wissen/gesellschaft_artikel,-gegen-tabus-menstruierende-frauen-verboten-indischer-film-bricht-tabu-_arid,338494.html|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.rnz.de|language=de}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|title=নারী নিরাপত্তার দাবিতে এসএফআই|url=https://www.anandabazar.com/west-bengal/sfi-protests-rising-crime-against-women-1.1172643|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.anandabazar.com|language=bn}}</ref> In 2017, as a member of Central Executive Committee of SFI, she said, "Sanitary pads should be considered as a health necessity and ideally to be provided to every underprivileged girl for free or in nominal cost, as a large sections of them, due to social taboo and economic reasons cannot not attain a satisfactory menstrual hygiene."<ref>{{cite news |title=Remove tax from sanitary napkins, say Students Federation of India (SFI) |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/students-federation-of-india-978018-2017-05-19 |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=India Today |date=May 19, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-12|title=Bleed without tax: SFI sends sanitary napkins to Arun Jaitley|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/bleed-without-tax-sfi-sends-sanitary-napkins-arun-jaitley-65086|access-date=2021-03-13|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref> During the [[COVID-19 lockdown in India]], the SFI committee freely distributed sanitary napkins as a part of the campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=COVID-19: Students Turn Good Samaritans For Women In West Bengal, Helping Them Get Sanitary Pads Amid Lockdown|url=https://special.ndtv.com/handmade-dil-se-79/news-detail/covid-19-students-turn-good-samaritans-for-women-in-west-bengal-helping-them-get-sanitary-pads-amid--2208405/7|access-date=2021-03-09|website=special.ndtv.com}} {{dead link|date=December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Student bodies helping out women in lockdown - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/student-bodies-helping-out-women-in-lockdown/articleshow/75097080.cms|access-date=2021-03-09|website=The Times of India|language=en|last1=Patowari |first1=Farzana }}</ref> She said the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the dropout rates in schools and colleges, and girl students got most affected.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-12-31|title=SFI to form 'anti-drop out squads' in 2022 to bring dropped out students back to campuses|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/sfi-to-form-anti-drop-out-squads-in-2022-to-bring-dropped-out-students-back-to-campuses-1066510.html|access-date=2022-01-13|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref>

====LGBTQIA rights====

She has publicly expressed support for the LGBTQIA community as the joint secretary of SFI and a candidate in the 2021 Bengal Assembly Elections during a meeting organized by the group Left for Rainbow Rights.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Majumdar |first1=Arkamoy Datta |last2=Mitra |first2=Debraj |title=Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: LGBT persons feel left out |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/calcutta/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-lgbt-persons-feel-left-out-of-elections/cid/1811065 |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=The Telegraph |date=March 31, 2021}}</ref>

====Higher Education ====

She is a vocal figure on policy issues in Indian Higher Education.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2019-11-06|title=Hanamkonda: Don't meddle with education, SFI tells Centre|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/dont-meddle-with-education-sfi-tells-centre-in-hanamkonda-578902|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=List grows: IIM, IITs, AIIMS, IISc…|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/list-of-campaigners-against-citizenship-act-grows-iim-iits-aiims-iisc/cid/1727751|access-date=2021-03-09|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=LSR college student commits suicide in Telangana due to financial crunch; student unions' protest in Delhi|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/lsr-college-student-commits-suicide-in-telangana-due-to-financial-crunch-student-unions-protest-in-delhi|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Free Press Journal|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Shankar |first1=Aranya |title=Authorities cite Centre's guidelines: JNU students say forced to write name, dissertation in Hindi |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/authorities-cite-centres-guidelines-jnu-students-say-forced-to-write-name-dissertation-in-hindi-4768691/ |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=July 27, 2017}}</ref> She has also led the SFI delegation to the Union Ministry for addressing the under representation of marginalised students in [[Indian Institutes of Technology|Indian Institutes of Technology's (IIT)]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=December 15, 2019|title=Fewer number of SC/ST scholars in IITs: SFI calls for study|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/fewer-no-of-sc/st-scholars-in-iits-sfi-calls-for-study/articleshow/72629760.cms|access-date=2021-03-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> and frequently advocates against caste oppression in India.<ref>{{Cite web|title=BHU women students raise the banner of revolt high|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2017/09/25/banaras-hindu-jnu-molestation-gscash|access-date=2021-03-09|website=Newslaundry|date=25 September 2017 }}</ref> She played a crucial role in Nabanna agitation in West Bengal that demanded employment and education for youth and the protests after the murder of CPI(M) activist [[Maidul Islam]] Midda.<ref>{{Cite web|title=মীনাক্ষী-দীপ্সিতারা আগলে নিলেন, তেড়েও গেলেন, নবান্ন অভিযানের সেরার শিরোপা মেয়েদের মুকুটেই - TheWall|date=11 February 2021 |url=https://thewall.in/leftist-women-played-great-role-in-nabanna-abhijan/|access-date=2021-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=ঘোষণায় বাদশা, মাইক পেলেন দীপ্সিতা-ঐশী, ব্রিগেডের সঞ্চালনাতেও নতুনত্ব - TheWall|date=16 April 2018 |url=https://thewall.in/news-state-new-faces-in-anchoring-also-in-brigade-rally/|access-date=2021-03-09|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":4" />

'''Red Volunteer'''

She played a instrumental role in organising red volunteer, a civic action group in West Bengal, which provided medicines, oxygen, home-cooked food, sanitary napkin, to those affected adversely by COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-22 |title=The Red allies: The Left's youth wing steps up in a major way in Bengal to provide Covid support |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20210531-the-red-allies-the-left-s-youth-wing-steps-up-in-a-major-way-in-bengal-to-provide-covid-support-1805333-2021-05-22 |access-date=2025-01-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Student bodies helping out women in lockdown |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/spotlight/student-bodies-helping-out-women-in-lockdown/articleshow/75097080.cms |access-date=2025-01-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=migNVNVQ3KM |title=Red Volunteer {{!}} Autism {{!}} অ্য়টিজ়মে আক্রান্ত শাইন জন্মদিনের জন্য জমানো টাকা দিল রেড ভলেন্টিয়ার্সকে |date=2021-06-13 |last=TV9 Bangla |access-date=2025-01-23 |via=YouTube}}</ref>

=== 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election ===
Dipsita Dhar contested against Dr. [[Rana Chatterjee]] from [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and [[Baishali Dalmiya]] from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] at [[Bally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bally (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)]], West Bengal.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-20|title=West Bengal Elections 2021: 'বেইমানদের ভোট দেবেন না', বালিতে 'হল্লা বোল' স্লোগান দীপ্সিতার|url=https://bengali.abplive.com/videos/elections/west-bengal-elections-2021-cpm-candidate-dipsita-dhar-starts-campaigning-in-bali-806483|access-date=2021-03-24|website=ABP Ananda|language=bn}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Mondal |first1=Pranab |title=Bengal polls: Trinamool, BJP opt for star appeal in youth connect, Left welcomes activists |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/mar/17/bengal-polls-trinamoolbjp-opt-for-star-appeal-in-youth-connect-left-welcomes-activists-2277623.html |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=The New Indian Express |date=March 17, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Bengal Polls: Left Eyes Comeback Through Young Faces; Tracking Campaign Trail Of Dipsita Dhar| date=4 April 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktAGFM9AtEY|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref> She lost the seat to [[Trinamool Congress|TMC's]] Dr. Rana Chatterjee with a margin of more than 30,000 votes. As part of her campaign, she has said, "Hindus and Muslims all feel hungry in the same manner. Hunger does not distinguish between communities."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Shiv Sahay |title=In Bengal polls, CPI(M) bats for young candidates |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly/in-bengal-polls-cpim-bats-for-young-candidates/article34190722.ece |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |date=March 29, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Youth leader Dipsita Dhar talks about her experience of contesting elections|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ44AWxPaxU|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref> She has also said, "Education has to be a fundamental right. Babasaheb Ambedkar, while writing the Constitution, understood that education can be a very important tool for mobility. [...] Education was not just an avenue to gain knowledge but a vessel to fight oppression."<ref name="Das 2021" /> She also gave high importance for youth's employment issue in her campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-09|title=West Bengal Assembly polls: Will Jai Shree Ram chant satisfy hunger? asks CPI(M)'s Dipsita Dhar|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/east-and-northeast/west-bengal-assembly-polls-will-jai-shree-ram-chant-satisfy-hunger-asks-cpims-dipsita-dhar-972277.html|access-date=2021-04-09|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Bengal Election में JNU Student Deepsita Dhar BJP को कैसे चुनौती दे रहीं? (BBC Hindi)| date=4 April 2021 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9ZR6txdSvU|language=en|access-date=2021-04-09}}</ref> Social activist and celebrities including [[Arrest of Kafeel Khan|Kafeel Khan]] and [[Rahul Banerjee (actor)|Rahul Banerjee]] extended support for her campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Kafeel Khan endorses CPM duo|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-kafeel-khan-endorses-cpm-duo/cid/1811197|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.telegraphindia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=সিঙ্গুরে সৃজনের পাশে শ্রীলেখা, বালিতে দীপ্সিতার হয়ে জোরকদমে প্রচার রাহুলের|url=https://www.aajkaal.in/news/state/srelekha-mitra-campaign-for-srijan-bhattacharya-in-singur-rahul-banerjee-campaign-for-dipshita-dhar-in-bali-z7nc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210405162349/https://www.aajkaal.in/news/state/srelekha-mitra-campaign-for-srijan-bhattacharya-in-singur-rahul-banerjee-campaign-for-dipshita-dhar-in-bali-z7nc|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 April 2021|access-date=2021-04-09|website=www.aajkaal.in/|language=bn}}</ref> ''[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]'' described her as the ''"'' New Face of Left Politics in Bengal''."'' <ref>{{Cite web|title=Watch {{!}} 'As Oppression Rises, So Will Protests', Says the New Face of Left Politics in Bengal|url=https://thewire.in/politics/watch-as-oppression-rises-so-will-protests-says-the-new-face-of-left-politics-in-bengal|access-date=2021-04-09|website=The Wire}}</ref> However, she lost the election and gathered 16.20% votes.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

== Works ==
# Dhar, Dipsita (July 28, 2020). Black Lives Matter Should Inspire a Challenge to Caste and Religious Oppression in India, ''[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhar |first1=Dipsita |title=Black Lives Matter Should Inspire a Challenge to Caste and Religious Oppression in India |url=https://jacobinmag.com/2020/07/india-antiracism-casteism-colorism |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=[[Jacobin (magazine)|Jacobin]] |date=July 28, 2020}}</ref>
# Dhar, Dipsita (July 30, 2020). Vanilla Or Chocolate Fudge? What NEP 2020 Offers Is A Fatal Illusion Of Choice, ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhar |first1=Dipsita |title=Vanilla Or Chocolate Fudge? What NEP 2020 Offers Is A Fatal Illusion Of Choice |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/opinion-vanilla-or-chocolate-what-national-education-policy-offers-is-a-fatal-illusion-of-choice/357667 |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=July 30, 2020}}</ref>
# Dhar, Dipsita (October 12, 2020). Rape, A Caste Continuum, ''[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dhar |first1=Dipsita |title=Rape: A Caste Continuum |url=https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-rape-a-caste-continuum/303762https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-rape-a-caste-continuum/303762https://magazine.outlookindia.com/story/india-news-rape-a-caste-continuum/303762 |access-date=9 April 2021 |work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=October 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/india-news-heres-why-caste-matters-when-a-dalit-woman-is-raped/361253 |archive-date=April 9, 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She is the granddaughter of [[Padma Nidhi Dhar]], the three time Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in [[Domjur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Domjur]], [[Howrah district]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-02|title=শাহরুখ ক্রাশ, রাজনীতি প্রথম প্রেম, মমতার জেদ শিক্ষনীয়: দীপ্সিতা ধর|url=https://tv9bangla.com/elections/west-bengal-elections-2021/dipsita-dhar-exclusive-interview-on-tv9-bangla-346300.html|access-date=2021-04-09|website=TV9Bangla|language=bn}}</ref> She is also the cousin of [[Shovan|Shovan Ganguly]], the Bengali play back singer.

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Natasha6581 at 16:44, 16 March 2026