Kolkata, Apr 18 (UNI) BJP leader and former RSS Karyakarta Dilip Ghosh on Friday tied the nuptial knot with his party colleague Rinku Majumdar at a simple and brief ceremony in his New Town home here..

The ceremony saw traditional rituals of chanting of Vedic mantras after the official registration, where only close relatives of the bride and groom were invited.

BJP women's wing leader Rinku Majumdar wore a red Benarasi saree, candidly acknowledging that it was she who had approached Ghosh with the marriage proposal and his mother consented to the same.

No party leader or any follower was invited to the wedding ceremony.

Ghosh, now 60, wore cream-coloured Punjabi and pyjamas, and said he took a day off from political work for the marriage.

The former MP said he would resume party activity from Saturday onwards. Ghosh said since his mother relocated from Medinipur last July and started living at his New Town home, "Someone needed to look afterher as she is aged. And this was communicated to Rinku Majumdar before I consented to the marriage."

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated the couple and wished them a happy married life.

Ghosh, as the state BJP President, had led the party to its strongest showing in Bengal in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls when the saffron outfit bagged18 seats out of a total 42.

Ghosh had been elected as a state legislator in 2016 when he defeated popular Congress leader Gyan Singh Sohanpal from the Kharagpur Town constituency. He became in MP in 2019 from the Medinipur Lok Sabha seat, but lost the general election from Bardhaman-Durgapur constituency last year.

On Friday morning, current state BJP President Sukanta Majumdar, on behalf of the party, congratulated him and sent his best wishes for his new life.

Majumdar, a Union minister and MP from Balurghat, also called on Ghosh, along with a host of other party leaders and followers at his residence. UNI PC BD SSP