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Sisir Adhikari

2021-12-24T18:11:29Z

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Sisir Adhikari
| image =
| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]]
| predecessor = [[Prasanta Pradhan]]
| term_start = 16 May 2009
| term_end =
| office1 = [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Minister of State for Rural Development]]
| term_start1 = 25 May 2009
| term_end1 = 22 September 2012
| primeminister1 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member]] of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency2 = [[Egra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Egra]]
| term_start2 = 2006
| term_end2 = 2009
| predecessor2 = Prabodh Chandra Sinha
| successor2 = Samaresh Das
| constituency3 = [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]]
| term_start3 = 1982
| term_end3 = 1987
| predecessor3 = Sailaja Kumar Das
| successor3 = [[Sukhendu Maity]]
| term_start4 = 2001
| term_end4 = 2006
| constituency4 = [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]]
| predecessor4 = Satyabrata Maity
| successor4 = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age| 1941|09|19|df=y}}
| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| spouse = Gayatri Adhikari
| children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]] [[Dibyendu Adhikari]] Soumendu Adhikari
| residence = Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, [[West Bengal]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| website =
| footnotes =
| party = *[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021-Present) *[[All India Trinamool Congress]] (1998-2021)
*[[Indian National Congress]] (1972-1998)
}}
'''Sisir Kumar Adhikari''' (born 19 September 1941) is an Indian politician who represented [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]] [[Lok Sabha]] constituency from [[2009 Indian general election|2009]] till 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4502|access-date=2020-12-17|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> He is a former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the [[Council of Ministers of the Republic of India|Manmohan Singh government]].<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Had-no-work-say-former-TMC-ministers-in-UPA-govt/Article1-934333.aspx Had no work, say former TMC ministers in UPA govt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121026230610/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Kolkata/Had-no-work-say-former-TMC-ministers-in-UPA-govt/Article1-934333.aspx |date=26 October 2012 }} ''hindustantimes.com''. Retrieved 11 November 2012</ref>

He (Sisir Adhikari) was the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]] from 2001 to 2006 and [[Egra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]], he played a key role in the [[Nandigram]] anti-land acquisition stir.<ref name=":0" />
The whole Adhikari family switched sides to the BJP before WB assembly elections.

==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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sisir Kumar Adhikari: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia|url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/sisir-kumar-adhikari-36926.html|access-date=2020-12-17|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref> He studied Intermediate of Science at [[University of Calcutta]] and passed in 1960.<ref name="MyNeta">[http://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=9391 MyNeta link]</ref>

== Personal life ==
Sisir Adhikari is married to Gayatri Adhikari and has four sons and one daughter, including [[Suvendu Adhikari]], who is Leader of Opposition of Legislative Assembly in West Bengal, [[Dibyendu Adhikari]], elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 from [[Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]], and Soumendu Adhikari, Former Chairman of Contai Municipality.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url = http://www.newkerala.com/nkfullnews-1-46116.html| title = Thumbnail sketches of ministers of state | access-date = 2009-06-20 |publisher = new Kerala.com }}</ref>

==References==
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Assam Pradesh Congress Committee

2021-12-24T15:40:10Z

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{{primary sources|date=March 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian Political Party
|colorcode = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}
| party_name = Assam Pradesh Congress Committee
| native_name=
| party_logo =[[File:Congresspartylogo….png|180px]]
| president= [[Bhupen Kumar Borah]]
| Working President's = [[Rana Goswami]]
[[Kamalakhya Dey Purakayastha]]
[[Jakir Hussain Sikder]]
| founded = 100 years ago
| headquarters = Rajiv Bhawan, GS Road, [[Guwahati]], [[Assam]]
| alliance = Mahajot / [[United Progressive Alliance]]
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Populism]]|[[Social liberalism]]|[[Democratic socialism]]|[[Social democracy]]|[[Secularism]]}}
|youth = Assam Youth Congress
|women = Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|3|14|hex=#00BFFF}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|2|7|hex=#00BFFF}}
| state_seats_name = [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats= {{Composition bar|22|126|hex=#00BFFF}}
| website =
|symbol = [[File:Hand INC.svg|150px]]
|eci=|Founded=100 years ago|chairman=[[Debabrata Saikia]]|Spokesperson=Mira Borthakur}}
'''Assam Pradesh Congress Committee''' (or '''Assam PCC''') was formed in June 1921. Its headquarters is at Rajiv Bhavan in GS Road [[Guwahati]].

[[Kuladhar Chaliha]] was the first elected president and [[Chabilal Upadhyaya]]<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=24 January 2016|title=Chabilal Upadhyaya the pride of Assam|url=https://www.indiangorkhas.in/2016/03/chhabilal-upadhyaya-freedom-fighter.html?m=0|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=[[Indian Gorkhas]]|location=Behali, [[Biswanath district|Biswanath]], [[Assam]]}}</ref> was the first selected president of the committee when it was founded.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://humtydumty.in/web-directory/assam-pradesh-congress-committee |title=Assam Pradesh Congress Committee | humty dumty |publisher=Humtydumty.in |access-date=2012-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=President list of Indian National Congress|url=https://www.inc.in/en/pcc-presidents|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Bhupen Kumar Borah]] is appointed as the new President on 24 July 2021 replacing [[Ripun Bora]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=कांग्रेस: असम में भूपेन बोरा बने प्रदेश अध्यक्ष, नामिरकपम लोकेन सिंह को दी मणिपुर की जिम्मेदारी|url=https://www.amarujala.com/india-news/congress-appoints-bhupen-bora-as-president-of-the-assam-pradesh-congress-committee|access-date=2021-07-24|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Congress appoints Bhupen Bora chief of Assam unit|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/congress-appoints-bhupen-bora-chief-of-assam-unit/2127379|access-date=2021-07-24|website=www.outlookindia.com/}}</ref>

==List of Presidents==
{{see also|List of presidents of the Indian National Congress}}
{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
|- style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"
! No.
! Portrait
! Name
! colspan="2" | Term
! Ref.
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
| 1
|
| [[Ripun Bora]]
| 24 August 2016
| 24 July 2021
|
|- style="text-align:center; height:60px;"
| 2
|
| [[Bhupen Kumar Borah]]
| 24 July 2021
| '''Incumbent'''
| <ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />
|}

==Structure and Composition ==
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|- style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:white"
! S.No. !! Name !! Designation !! Incharge
|-
| 01 ||'''[[Bhupen Kumar Borah]]''' ||

'''President'''
| Assam Pradesh Congress
|-
| 02 || '''[[Rana Goswami]]''' ||'''Working President''' || Assam Pradesh Congress
|-
| 03 || '''[[Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha]] ''' ||'''Working President''' || Assam Pradesh Congress
|-
|04 || '''[[Jakir Hussain Sikder]]''' ||'''Working President''' || Assam Pradesh Congress
|-
|05 || '''[[Dr. Angkita Dutta]]''' ||'''President''' || Assam Pradesh Youth Congress
|-
|06 || '''[[Nandita Das (politician)|Nandita Das]]''' ||'''President''' || Assam Pradesh Mahila Congress
|-
|}

==See also==

* [[All India Congress Committee]]
* [[Congress Working Committee]]
* [[Indian National Congress]]
* [[Pradesh Congress Committee]]
* [[Chabilal Upadhyaya]]
* [[Kuladhar Chaliha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.assampcc.org/}}

{{Indian National Congress}}
{{Indian political parties}}
{{India topics}}

[[Category:Politics of Assam]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress by state or union territory]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1921]]

{{India-party-stub}}

Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency)

2021-12-24T15:22:00Z

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{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Assam}}
[[File:Tezpur Lok Sabha 2008.svg|300px|thumb|Tezpur within the state of Assam]]
'''[[Tezpur]]''' is a [[Lok Sabha]] constituency in [[Assam]] under the [[Sonitpur]] District.

==Assembly segments==
Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
|title = List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies
|accessdate = 2008-10-06
|work = Assam
|publisher = Election Commission of India
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf
|archivedate = 2006-05-04
}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" width="450px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="150px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!District
!width="150px"|Party
!width="150px"|MLA
|-
|71
|[[Dhekiajuli (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Dhekiajuli]]
|None
|[[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Ashok Singhal]]
|-
|72
|[[Barchalla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Barchalla]]
|None
|[[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Ganesh Kumar Limbu
|-
|73
|[[Tezpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Tezpur]]
|None
|[[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]]
|bgcolor=#99CCFF|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|Prithviraj Lava
|-
|74
|[[Rangapara (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Rangapara]]
|None
|[[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|[[Bharatiya Janata Party |BJP]]
|Krishna Tanti
|-
|75
|[[Sootea (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sootea]]
|None
|[[Sonitpur district|Sonitpur]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|[[Padma Hazarika]]
|-
|76
|[[Biswanath (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Biswanath]]
|None
|[[Biswanath district|Biswanath]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Pramod Borthakur
|-
|77
|[[Behali (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Behali]]
|None
|[[Biswanath district|Biswanath]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Ranjit Datta
|-
|78
|[[Gohpur (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gohpur]]
|None
|[[Biswanath district|Biswanath]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Utpal Boro
|-
|109
|[[Bihpuria (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Bihpuria]]
|None
|[[Lakhimpur district|Lakhimpur]]
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|Dr.Amiya Kumar Bhuyan
|}

==Members of Parliament==
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! Year
! Winner
! Party
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[Kamala Prasad Agarwal]]
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[Purna Narayan Sinha]]
|[[Janata Party]]
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[Bipinpal Das]]
| rowspan="6" |[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[Swarup Upadhyay]]
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[Iswar Prasanna Hazarika]]
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Moni Kumar Subba]]
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[Joseph Toppo]]
|[[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[Ram Prasad Sarmah]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[Pallab Lochan Das]]
|}

==Election results==
===[[17th Lok Sabha]]: [[2019 Indian general election|2019 General Elections]]===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Tezpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate=[[Pallab Lochan Das]]
|party=Bharatiya Janata Party
|votes=6,84,166
|percentage=57.48
|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Indian National Congress
|candidate=[[Ram Prasad Sarmah]]
|votes=4,41,325
|percentage=37.08
|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Independent (politician)
|candidate=Bijoy Kumar Tiru
|votes=23,646
|percentage=1.99
|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=None of the above
|candidate=None of the above
|votes=15,626
|percentage=1.31
|change=}}
{{Election box majority||votes=2,42,841|percentage=20.40|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=11,91,885|percentage=79.48|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|loser =
|winner =Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Tezpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = [[Ram Prasad Sarmah]]
|votes = 4,46,511
|percentage = 45.52
|change = +45.52
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Bhupen Kumar Borah]]
|votes = 3,60,491
|percentage = 36.75
|change = -1.46
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = [[Moni Kumar Subba]]
|votes = 62,730
|percentage = 6.40
|change = +6.40
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Asom Gana Parishad
|candidate = [[Joseph Toppo]]
|votes = 40,489
|percentage = 4.13
|change = -37.65
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = Khemraj Chetry
|votes = 24,910
|percentage = 2.54
|change = -1.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 16,667
|percentage = 1.70
|change = ---
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Lakshikanta Kurmi
|votes = 10,725
|percentage = 1.09
|change = -0.29
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Gopi Chand Shahabadi
|votes = 8,712
|percentage = 0.89
|change = +0.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent politician
|candidate = Elias Kujur
|votes = 5,207
|percentage = 0.53
|change = +0.53
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Forward Bloc
|candidate = Rajen Saikia
|votes = 4,246
|percentage = 0.43
|change = +0.43
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 86,020
|percentage = 8.77
|change = +5.20
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 9,80,846
|percentage = 77.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|loser = Asom Gana Parishad
|swing = +41.59
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Tezpur]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Asom Gana Parishad
|candidate = [[Joseph Toppo]]
|votes = 3,52,246
|percentage =41.77
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Moni Kumar Subba
|votes = 3,22,093
|percentage=38.20
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Assam United Democratic Front
|candidate = Deba Orang
|votes = 46,255
|percentage=5.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 30,153
|percentage = 3.58
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,43,127
|percentage =69.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|loser =Indian National Congress
|winner = Asom Gana Parishad
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Tezpur]]
* [[Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/assam/tezpur/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Tezpur lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Assam}}

{{coord missing|Assam}}

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[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam]]