Sisir Adhikari

Sisir Kumar Adhikari[1] (born 19 September 1941) is Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Trinamool Congress representing Kanthi since 2009 and a former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.[2]

Sisir Adhikari
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
16 May 2009
Preceded byPrasanta Pradhan
ConstituencyKanthi
Minister of State for Rural Development
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 bySuvendu Adhikari
ConstituencyKanthi Dakshin
In office
2001–2006
Preceded bySatyabrata Maity
Succeeded bySukhendu Maity
ConstituencyKanthi Dakshin
Personal details
Born (1941-09-19) 19 September 1941
NationalityIndian
Political partyAll India Trinamool Congress
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress (1972-1998)
Spouse(s)Gayatri Adhikari
ChildrenSuvendu Adhikari
Dibyendu Adhikari
Soumendu Adhikari
ResidenceContai, District- Purba Medinipur, West Bengal
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta

Sisir Adhikari 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 in 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] Their home was burnt thrice by the British between 1929 and 1943. He studied Intermediate of Science at University of Calcutta and passed in 1960.[5]

Personal life

Sisir Adhikari is married to Gayatri Adhikari and has four sons and one daughter, including Suvendu Adhikari, who is presently Member of Legislative Assembly in West Bengal, Dibyendu Adhikari, elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 from Tamluk, and Soumendu Adhikari, Chairman of Contai Municipality.[3]

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. "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


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