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	\| name = Sisir Adhikari		\| name = Sisir Adhikari
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	\| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]		\| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
	\| constituency = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]]		\| constituency = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]]
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	\| term_start = 16 May 2009		\| term_start = 16 May 2009
	\| term_end =		\| term_end =
	\| office1 = [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)\|Minister of State for Rural Development]]		\| office1 = [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)\|Minister of State for Rural Development,Government of India]]
	\| term_start1 = 25 May 2009		\| term_start1 = 25 May 2009
	\| term_end1 = 22 September 2012		\| term_end1 = 22 September 2012
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	\| successor4 = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]		\| successor4 = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\| 1941\|09\|19\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\| 1941\|09\|19\|df=y}}
	\| nationality = [[India~~\|Indian~~]]		\| nationality = [[India]]n
	\| spouse = Gayatri Adhikari		\| spouse = Gayatri Adhikari
	\| children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]<br> Soumendu Adhikari		\| children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]<br> Soumendu Adhikari
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	\| website =		\| website =
	\| footnotes =		\| footnotes =
	\| party = ~~[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021-Present) ~~[[All India Trinamool Congress]] (~~1998-2021~~)		\| party = [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (1998–present)
	*[[Indian National Congress]] (1972-1998)		\| otherparty = [[Indian National Congress]] (1972-1998)
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	'''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>		'''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" />		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==		==Early life and education==
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	== Personal life ==		== 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>		Sisir 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]], 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==		==References==

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	\| name = ~~শিশির অধিকারী~~		\| name = Sisir Adhikari
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]		\| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
	\| constituency = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]]		\| constituency = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]]
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	\| spouse = Gayatri Adhikari		\| spouse = Gayatri Adhikari
	\| children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]<br> Soumendu Adhikari		\| children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]<br> Soumendu Adhikari
	~~\| party = Nil (2021 – present)~~
	\| residence = Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, [[West Bengal]]		\| residence = Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, [[West Bengal]]
	\| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]		\| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
	\| website =		\| website =
	\| footnotes =		\| footnotes =
	\| ~~otherparty~~ =		\| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021-Present) [[All India Trinamool Congress]] (1998-2021)
	*[[All India Trinamool Congress]] (1998-2021)
	*[[Indian National Congress]] (1972-1998)		*[[Indian National Congress]] (1972-1998)
	~~& [[Bharatiya Janata party]] (For 2 months)~~
	}}		}}
	'''Sisir Kumar Adhikari'''<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> (born 19 September 1941) is [[Member of parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]] in [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who represented [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]] from [[2009 Indian general election\|2009]] till 2021. 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>		'''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 recently changed his political affiliation from [[All India Trinamool Congress]] to Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 21 March 2021 on the backdrop of [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].


	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" />		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==		==Early life and education==

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	\| name = শিশির অধিকারী		\| name = শিশির অধিকারী
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	\| spouse = Gayatri Adhikari		\| spouse = Gayatri Adhikari
	\| children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]<br> Soumendu Adhikari		\| children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]<br> Soumendu Adhikari
	\| party = ~~[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]~~ (2021 – present)		\| party = Nil (2021 – present)
	\| residence = Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, [[West Bengal]]		\| residence = Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, [[West Bengal]]
	\| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]		\| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
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	'''Sisir Kumar Adhikari'''<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> (born 19 September 1941) is [[Member of parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]] in [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who represented [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]] from [[2009 Indian general election\|2009]] till 2021. 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>		'''Sisir Kumar Adhikari'''<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> (born 19 September 1941) is [[Member of parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]] in [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who represented [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]] from [[2009 Indian general election\|2009]] till 2021. 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>

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	\| name ~~Sisir Adhikari~~		\| name = শিশির অধিকারী
	\| image = ~~Shri Sisir Adhikari official portrait.jpg~~		\| image =
	\| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]		\| office = [[Member of Parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
	\| constituency = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]]		\| constituency = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]]
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	\| term_end3 = 1987		\| term_end3 = 1987
	\| predecessor3 = Sailaja Kumar Das		\| predecessor3 = Sailaja Kumar Das
	\| successor3 = [[~~Suvendu Adhikari~~]]		\| successor3 = [[Sukhendu Maity]]
	\| term_start4 = 2001		\| term_start4 = 2001
	\| term_end4 = 2006		\| term_end4 = 2006
	\| constituency4 = [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi Dakshin]]		\| constituency4 = [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi Dakshin]]
	\| predecessor4 = Satyabrata Maity		\| predecessor4 = Satyabrata Maity
	\| successor4 = [[~~Sukhendu Maity~~]]		\| successor4 = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\| 1941\|09\|19\|df=y}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\| 1941\|09\|19\|df=y}}
	\| nationality = [[India\|Indian]]		\| nationality = [[India\|Indian]]
	\| spouse = Gayatri Adhikari		\| spouse = Gayatri Adhikari
	\| children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]<br> Soumendu Adhikari		\| children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]<br> Soumendu Adhikari
	\| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021~~-Present~~)		\| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021 – present)
	\| residence = Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, [[West Bengal]]		\| residence = Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, [[West Bengal]]
	\| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]		\| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
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	'''Sisir Kumar Adhikari'''<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> (born 19 September 1941) is [[Member of parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]] in [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who represented [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]] from [[2009 Indian general election\|2009]] till 2021. 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>		'''Sisir Kumar Adhikari'''<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> (born 19 September 1941) is [[Member of parliament (India)\|Member of Parliament]] in [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who represented [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)\|Kanthi]] from [[2009 Indian general election\|2009]] till 2021. 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 recently changed his political affiliation from [[All India Trinamool Congress]] to Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on ~~21st~~ March 2021 on the backdrop of [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].		He recently changed his political affiliation from [[All India Trinamool Congress]] to Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 21 March 2021 on the backdrop of [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].


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	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==
	Sisir Adhikari is married to Gayatri Adhikari and has four sons and one daughter, including [[Suvendu Adhikari]], who is ~~Former Member~~ 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>		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>

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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name Sisir Adhikari
| image = Shri Sisir Adhikari official portrait.jpg
| 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 = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]
| term_start4 = 2001
| term_end4 = 2006
| constituency4 = [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]]
| predecessor4 = Satyabrata Maity
| successor4 = [[Sukhendu Maity]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age| 1941|09|19|df=y}}
| nationality = [[India|Indian]]
| spouse = Gayatri Adhikari
| children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]<br> Soumendu Adhikari
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021-Present)
| residence = Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, [[West Bengal]]
| alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]]
| website =
| footnotes =
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'''Sisir Kumar Adhikari'''<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> (born 19 September 1941) is [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] in [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who represented [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]] from [[2009 Indian general election|2009]] till 2021. 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 recently changed his political affiliation from [[All India Trinamool Congress]] to Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 21st March 2021 on the backdrop of [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]].

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" />

==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 Former Member 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>

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