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	He was Union [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)\|Minister of Communications and Information Technology (India)]]. Later he was Union [[Minister of State]], [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)\|Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers]]. He unsuccessfully contested the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency in the [[2009 Indian general election\|2009 general election]] where the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] candidate (who won and became the MP) got 458,988 votes whereas the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] candidate got 438,510 votes) and he polled only 55,679 votes.		He was Union [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)\|Minister of Communications and Information Technology (India)]]. Later he was Union [[Minister of State]], [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)\|Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers]]. He unsuccessfully contested the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency in the [[2009 Indian general election\|2009 general election]] where the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] candidate (who won and became the MP) got 458,988 votes whereas the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] candidate got 438,510 votes) and he polled only 55,679 votes.{{fact\|date=September 2021}}

	==Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch==		==Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch==
	Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch is a forum of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) dissidents in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]]. The forum was launched on December 5, 2004 by former Union Minister Tapan Sikdar.<ref>		Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch is a forum of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) dissidents in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]]. The forum was launched on 5 December 2004 by former Union Minister Tapan Sikdar.<ref>
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	The organisation held its first convention in [[Kolkata]] on March 8, 2006.<ref>		The organisation held its first convention in [[Kolkata]] on 8 March 2006.<ref>
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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tapan Sikdar
| office1 = [[Union Minister of State]]
| term_start1 = 13 October 1999
| term_end1 = 10 May 2004
| suboffice1 = [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Communications & Information Technology]]
| subterm1 = 13 October 1999 – 1 July 2002
| suboffice2 = [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Chemicals and Fertilizers]]
| subterm2 = 1 July 2002 – 10 May 2004
|constituency3 = [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dum Dum]], [[West Bengal]]
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term3 = 1998-2004
| predecessor3 = Nirmal Kanti Chatterjee
| successor3 = [[Amitava Nandy]]
| birth_date = 20 September 1944
| death_date = 2 June 2014 (aged 69)
| nationality = [[India]]n
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alma_mater = [[Malda College]] ([[B.Com]])
| profession = [[Politician]]
| footnotes =
}}
'''Tapan Sikdar''' (20 September 1944 – 2 June 2014) was a Union minister of state in the [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] government of [[India]] and a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] politician. He was born on 20 September 1944 in [[Jessore (city)|Jessore]]. His father Dr.D.N. Sikdar was a physician. His mother’s name was Smt. Bela Rani Sikdar. He was member of 12 and 13 [[Lok Sabha]] representing [[Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in [[West Bengal]].

Tapan Shikdar died on 2 June 2014 in Delhi, AIIMS due to respiratory problems.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/Former-minister-Tapan-Sikdar-dies-at-AIIMS-at-70/articleshow/35938150.cms Former minister Tapan Sikdar dies at AIIMS in Delhi - The Times of India]</ref>

==Positions held==
*1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
*1998-99 Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-III; Member, Committee on Finance; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resources
*1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
*13 Oct. 1999-2002 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Communications
*10 Jan - 30 June 2002 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
*1 July 2002 -2004 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)

He was Union [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)|Minister of Communications and Information Technology (India)]]. Later he was Union [[Minister of State]], [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)|Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers]]. He unsuccessfully contested the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency in the [[2009 Indian general election|2009 general election]] where the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] candidate (who won and became the MP) got 458,988 votes whereas the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] candidate got 438,510 votes) and he polled only 55,679 votes.

==Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch==
Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch is a forum of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) dissidents in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]]. The forum was launched on December 5, 2004 by former Union Minister Tapan Sikdar.<ref>
{{cite news
|url = http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec052004/i12.asp
|title = Dissident BJP leaders float parallel body in West Bengal
|publisher = Deccan Herald
|page = 1
|date = 2004-12-05
|accessdate = 2006-08-14
|url-status = dead
|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20041213214155/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec052004/i12.asp
|archivedate = December 13, 2004
}}
</ref>

The organisation held its first convention in [[Kolkata]] on March 8, 2006.<ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=173000
| title = Sikdar organises first Mancha convention
| publisher = expressindia.com
| page =
| date = 2006-03-09
| accessdate = 2006-08-15}}
</ref>

The forum is named after [[Syama Prasad Mookerjee]], the founder of [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]. Sikdar maintains that the organisation is apolitical (in the sense that it is not a political party), and that he still sympathises with BJP. The group campaigns against [[Bangladesh]]i immigration to West Bengal.<ref>
{{cite news
| url = http://news.oneindia.in/2006/03/03/bangladeshi-infiltration-continues-unabated-tapan-sikdar-1141393048.html
| title = Bangladeshi infiltration continues unabated: Tapan Sikdar
| publisher = oneindia.com
| page =
| date = 2006-03-03
| accessdate = 2006-08-15}}
</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{external media
| align=right
| video1={{YouTube|xLfrp5BvGgI|Tapan Sikdar, BJP, Dum Dum - On Campaign Trail}}
| video2={{YouTube|1n8Ep59zDvQ|Tapan Sikdar's Last Jourrney}}
}}
*[http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok13/biodata/13WB20.htm Biodata]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071114135440/http://www.ficci.com/media-room/speeches-presentations/2001/sep/sep-tel-mos.htm Speeches]

{{Eleventh to Fourteenth Lok Sabha, West Bengal}}

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[[Category:National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election]]
[[Category:Deaths from respiratory disease]]
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[[Category:People from North 24 Parganas district]]

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