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/></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="line-height:normal;padding-top:0.2em;">Adhikari addressing the inaugural session of <i>Bharat Nirman Public Information Campaign</i>, in <a href="/wiki/Hooghly_district" title="Hooghly district">Hooghly</a>, 11 December 2010.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />16 May 2009 – 4 June 2024</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prasanta_Pradhan" title="Prasanta Pradhan">Prasanta Pradhan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Soumendu_Adhikari" title="Soumendu Adhikari">Soumendu Adhikari</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kanthi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)">Kanthi</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Union Minister of State for Rural Development, Government of India</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />25 May 2009 – 22 September 2012</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">Member</a> of <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Legislative_Assembly" title="West Bengal Legislative Assembly">West Bengal Legislative Assembly</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2006–2009</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Prabodh Chandra Sinha</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Samaresh Das</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Egra_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Egra</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1982–1987</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Sailaja Kumar Das, Congress</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sukhendu_Maity" title="Sukhendu Maity">Sukhendu Maity</a>, CPI</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kanthi_Dakshin_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Kanthi Dakshin</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2001–2006</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Sailaja Kumar Das, Congress</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari" title="Suvendu Adhikari">Suvendu Adhikari</a>, AITC</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kanthi_Dakshin_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Kanthi Dakshin</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1941-09-19</span>) </span>19 September 1941<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 83)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Purba_Medinipur_district" title="Purba Medinipur district">Karkuli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a>, <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Trinamool_Congress" title="Trinamool Congress">Trinamool Congress</a> (2000–2021)<br /><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (until 2000)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Gayatri Adhikari</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Krishnendu_Adhikari" title="Krishnendu Adhikari">Krishnendu Adhikari</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari" title="Suvendu Adhikari">Suvendu Adhikari</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Dibyendu_Adhikari" title="Dibyendu Adhikari">Dibyendu Adhikari</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Soumendu_Adhikari" title="Soumendu Adhikari">Soumendu Adhikari</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Residence(s)</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Contai" title="Contai">Contai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Purba_Medinipur" class="mw-redirect" title="Purba Medinipur">Purba Medinipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/University_of_Calcutta" title="University of Calcutta">University of Calcutta</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sisir Kumar Adhikari</b> (born 19 September 1941) is an Indian politician who represented <a href="/wiki/Kanthi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)">Kanthi</a> <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> constituency from <a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009</a> till 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Ministers_of_the_Republic_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Ministers of the Republic of India">Manmohan Singh government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was the <a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)">Member of Legislative Assembly</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kanthi_Dakshin_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Kanthi Dakshin</a> from 2001 to 2006 and <a href="/wiki/Egra_(Vidhan_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Egra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)">Egra</a> from 2006 to 2009. He was the chairman of Contai Municipality for more than 25 years. Along with his son, <a href="/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari" title="Suvendu Adhikari">Suvendu Adhikari</a>, who was elected from <a href="/wiki/Tamluk_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)">Tamluk</a>, he played a key role in the <a href="/wiki/Nandigram" title="Nandigram">Nandigram</a> anti-land acquisition stir.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sisir_Adhikari&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied Intermediate of Science at <a href="/wiki/University_of_Calcutta" title="University of Calcutta">University of Calcutta</a> and passed in 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-MyNeta_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MyNeta-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sisir_Adhikari&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Adhikari is married to Gayatri Adhikari and has four sons including <a href="/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari" title="Suvendu Adhikari">Suvendu Adhikari</a>, who is Leader of Opposition of West Bengal Legislative Assembly, <a href="/wiki/Dibyendu_Adhikari" title="Dibyendu Adhikari">Dibyendu Adhikari</a>, former <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">Member of Parliament</a> from <a href="/wiki/Tamluk_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)">Tamluk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Soumendu_Adhikari" title="Soumendu Adhikari">Soumendu Adhikari</a>, <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">Member of Parliament</a> from <a href="/wiki/Kanthi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)">Kanthi</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span 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