Sisir Adhikari

Indian politician

Sisir Adhikari
Adhikari addressing the inaugural session of Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign, in Hooghly, 11 December 2010.
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
16 May 2009 – 4 June 2024
Preceded byPrasanta Pradhan
Succeeded bySoumendu Adhikari
ConstituencyKanthi
Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India
In office
25 May 2009 – 22 September 2012
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
In office
2006–2009
Preceded byPrabodh Chandra Sinha
Succeeded bySamaresh Das
ConstituencyEgra
In office
1982–1987
Preceded bySailaja Kumar Das
Succeeded bySukhendu Maity
ConstituencyKanthi Dakshin
In office
2001–2006
Preceded bySatyabrata Maity
Succeeded bySuvendu Adhikari
ConstituencyKanthi Dakshin
Personal details
Born (1941-09-19) 19 September 1941 (age 82)
Karkuli, Bengal Presidency, British India
Other political
affiliations		All India Trinamool Congress(from 2000)
Indian National Congress (until 2000)
SpouseGayatri Adhikari
ChildrenKrishnendu Adhikari
Suvendu Adhikari
Dibyendu Adhikari
Soumendu Adhikari
Residence(s)Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta

Sisir Kumar Adhikari (born 19 September 1941) is an Indian politician who represented Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 till 2021.[1] He is a former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.[2]

He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from Kanthi Dakshin from 2001 to 2006 and Egra from 2006 to 2009. He was the Chairman of Contai Municipality for more than 25 years. Along with his son, Suvendu Adhikari, who was elected from Tamluk, he played a key role in the Nandigram anti-land acquisition stir.[3]

Early life and education

Adhikari was born on 19 September 1941 to father Kenaram Adhikari and mother Kadambini Adhikari in Karkuli, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal in an affluent family of freedom fighters.[4] He studied Intermediate of Science at University of Calcutta and passed in 1960.[5]

Personal life

Adhikari is married to Gayatri Adhikari and has four sons including Suvendu Adhikari, who is Leader of Opposition of Legislative Assembly in West Bengal, Dibyendu Adhikari, elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 from Tamluk and Soumendu Adhikari, former Chairman of Contai Municipality and present Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha.[3][6]

References

  1. ^ "Members : Lok Sabha". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. ^ Had no work, say former TMC ministers in UPA govt Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 11 November 2012
  3. ^ a b "Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state". new Kerala.com. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Sisir Kumar Adhikari: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  5. ^ MyNeta link
  6. ^ Ananda, A. B. P. (4 June 2024). "কাঁথিতে ২৪ হাজারের বেশি ভোটে জয়ী শুভেন্দুর ভাই BJP প্রার্থী সৌমেন্দু". bengali.abplive.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 5 June 2024.
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