Suvendu Adhikari
Suvendu Adhikari | |
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Minister for Transport | |
Assumed office 27 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Subhas Chakraborty |
Succeeded by | Present Time |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Nandigram | |
Assumed office 19 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Firoja Bibi |
Constituency | Nandigram |
Member of the India Parliament for Tamluk | |
In office 16 May 2009 – 19 May 2016 | |
Preceded by | Lakshman Chandra Seth |
Succeeded by | suvendu Adhikari |
Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kanthi Dakshin | |
In office 12 May 2006 – 16 May 2009 | |
Preceded by | Sisir Adhikari |
Succeeded by | Dibyendu Adhikari |
Environment Minister of West Bengal | |
Assumed office Jun 2018 | |
Preceded by | Sovan Chatterjee |
Succeeded by | Present Time |
Personal details | |
Born |
Contai,Purba Medinipur, West Bengal | 15 December 1970
Nationality |
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Political party | All India Trinamool Congress |
Residence | Contai, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal |
Alma mater |
Rabindra Bharati University (M.A) Contai P. K. College (B.A) |
Profession |
Politician Businessperson |
Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician and member of the 15th Lok Sabha and the 16th Lok Sabha. He was elected as a Trinamool Congress candidate from Tamluk. An honours graduate, he was born on 15 December 1970.[1][2] He is the son of Sisir Adhikari, former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.[3][4]
Credited as the man who galvanised the people of Nandigram under the umbrella of the Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee, when rumours of land acquisition for a chemical hub had triggered a movement, Suvendu Adhikari was a member of the Legislative Assembly from Contai.[5] Suvendu defeated CPI(M)’s strongman Lakshman Seth, who led the charge in recapturing the villages from Trinamool Congress supporters leading to a bloodbath in 2007, by a margin of 1.72.958 votes.[6]
Suvendu Adhikari has 5 serious criminal cases against him: 1 charge related to voluntarily causing grievous hurt (IPC Section-325), 1 charge related to theft (IPC Section-379), 1 charge related to attempt to murder (IPC Section-307), 1 charge related to kidnapping or abducting in order to murder (IPC Section-364), 1 charge related to assault or criminal force to women with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354). [7]
References
- ↑ "Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state". new Kerala.com. Retrieved 2009-06-20.
- ↑ "Suvendu Adhikari". India Govt. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ↑ Had no work, say former TMC ministers in UPA govt Archived 26 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine. hindustantimes.com. Retrieved 11 November 2012
- ↑ "Suvendu Adhikari -Profile". Archived from the original on 29 October 2010. Retrieved 20 June 2009.
- ↑ Dutta, Indrani. "Like father, like son". The Hindu, 5 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ↑ "Nandigram swings two seats in East Midnapore in Trinamool's favour". Indian Express 17 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
- ↑ http://adrindia.org/content/analysis-candidates-mps-and-mlas-who-have-declared-crimes-against-women-including-rape