Kolkata/IBNS: In a news that has created a buzz on social media, former West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Dilip Ghosh is set to tie the knot with his party colleague Rinku Majumdar on Friday, media reports said.

Ghosh, a top BJP leader in the state, will legally get married to Rinku at his New Town residence in Kolkata.

As per reports, the two first met during morning walks in the New Town area in 2021 and they were gradually drawn close to each other.

The two had also watched an Indian Premier League (IPL) match together at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata last month.

While 60-year-old Ghosh has never got married, Rinku is a divorcee and the mother of a son.

Rinku, who works at an IT company in Salt Lake, Kolkata, has handled the responsibilities of BJP women's wing, OBC front and handloom cell for a long time.

Speaking to News 18, Rinku shared Ghosh had taken three months' time to agree to her marriage proposal.

She said, "We were talking. He took about three months. He prepared himself mentally. In our conversations, he tried to understand and know me better.

"Then he felt that I was suitable for him. After that, he made his own decision and discussed it with his mother before letting me know. He’s very concerned about his mother—like, who will take care of her when he’s away?"

Congratulating Ghosh, who is considered to be the architect of BJP's meteoric rise in Bengal, party MLA Agnimitra Paul said, "I congratulate him and wish him good luck because I started my political career under his leadership. I hope he treats us with a massive meal (smiles)."

Ghosh's political foe, TMC spokesperson Debanghu Bhattacharya wrote on X, "A big congratulations to Dilip-da. I am very happy from the core of my heart... wish him good luck."

Ghosh is set to begin a new chapter in his life just a year ahead of the high-voltage 2026 West Bengal assembly elections where the BJP is aiming to unseat the Mamata Banerjee government in the state.

Ghosh joined active politics in 2015 when he was appointed as the BJP state president.

He contested and won from Kharagpur Sadar in the 2016 assembly elections and Medinipur in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

However, he was defeated in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections when he was fielded from Bardhaman Durgapur.