Sisir Adhikari

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 83)
Karkuli, Bengal Presidency, British India
Political partyTrinamool Congress (2000–2021)
Indian National Congress (until 2000)
SpouseGayatri Adhikari
ChildrenKrishnendu Adhikari
Suvendu Adhikari
Dibyendu Adhikari
Soumendu Adhikari
Residence(s)Contai, 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 2024.[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]

  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. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).