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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Shiladitya Dev
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| birth_place =  [[Guwahati]]
| residence = [[Jurapukhuri, Hojai]]
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| office1 = [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Member of Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency1 = [[Hojai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hojai]] 
| term_start1 = 2016
| term_end1 = 2021
| predecessor1 = [[Ardhendu Kumar Dey]]
| successor1 = [[Ramkrishna Ghosh]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] 
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| profession = Politician
| spouse = Sravani Dev
| parents = Subodh Chandra Dev (Father) 
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| source = http://www.assamassembly.gov.in/shiladitya-dev.html
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'''Shiladitya Dev''' is an Indian politician. He is a member of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was elected in [[Assam Legislative Assembly]] election in 2016 from [[Hojai (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Hojai constituency]].<ref>[http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=288753&dtP=2016-11-21&ppr=1 Nectar of Independence for all, poison for Bengalis? – Atin Das]{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[http://myneta.info/assam2016/candidate.php?candidate_id=772 My Neta]</ref><ref>[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2016-01-29/news/70177978_1_vision-document-sarbananda-sonowal-positive-agenda BJP gearing up for Assam polls with development agenda, CM candidate and vision document]</ref>

On 3 April, the Assam BJP issued a show cause notice to Dev after he defied the party by forming the Hojai Municipal Board with the help of MLAs from the [[All India United Democratic Front]], the [[Indian National Congress]], and other independents.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/assam-bjp-mla-served-show-cause/articleshow/57989569.cms|title=Show-cause: Assam BJP MLA served show-cause &#124; Guwahati News - Times of India|newspaper=The Times of India |date=3 April 2017 }}</ref>

==Controversy==
Shiladitya from India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party’s Assam unit termed the creation of Bangladesh a "great mistake".

Because, he argued, Assam has been facing "Muslim influx" for decades, Indian daily The Times of India reported on Tuesday. The controversial comment came at a time when there are tensions in Indian state of Assam over citizenship of Indian Muslims.

The ToI report, titled “India should have annexed Bangladesh: Assam BJP MLA”, said the legislator made the comment while speaking to a local news channel in Nagaon in Assam on 2018.

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[[Category:Assam MLAs 2016–2021]]
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