Sisir Kumar Adhikari (born 19 September 1941) is an Indian politician who represented

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constituency from 2009 till 2021. He is a former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government. He was the

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from Kanthi Dakshin from 2001 to 2006 and

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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 Tamluk () is a town and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Purba Medinipur district. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present-day Tamluk is the site of the an ...

, he played a key role in the

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anti-land acquisition stir.

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. He studied Intermediate of Science at

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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 Dibyendu Adhikari (born 24 December 1976) is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal in India. He has been elected to Lok Sabha from Tamluk in 2019 as a member of Trinamool Congress. Dibyendu Adhikari's father Sisir Adhikari and elde ...

, elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 from

, and Soumendu Adhikari, former Chairman of Contai Municipality.

References

Living people People from Purba Medinipur district India MPs 2009–2014 Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal 1941 births Lok Sabha members from West Bengal India MPs 2014–2019 University of Calcutta alumni India MPs 2019–present West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987 West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006 West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal {{WestBengal-politician-stub