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{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name =Suvendu Adhikari | | name = | ||
Suvendu Adhikari | |||
| image = File:Suvendu Adhikari (cropped).jpg | | image = File:Suvendu Adhikari (cropped).jpg | ||
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| term_start = 10 May 2021 | | term_start = 10 May 2021 | ||
| constituency = [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]] | | constituency = [[Nandigram (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Nandigram]] | ||
| deputy = [[Mihir Goswami]] | |||
| office1 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] | | office1 = [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] | ||
| term_start1 = 2016 | | term_start1 = 2016 | ||
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] {{small|(2020-present)}} | | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] {{small|(2020-present)}} | ||
| residence = [[Contai]], [[Purba Medinipur District|Purba Medinipur]], [[West Bengal]] | | residence = [[Contai]], [[Purba Medinipur District|Purba Medinipur]], [[West Bengal]] | ||
| alma_mater = [[Rabindra Bharati University]] ([[M.A]]) | | alma_mater = [[Rabindra Bharati University]] ([[M.A]])<br />[[Prabhat Kumar College|Contai P. K. College]] ([[B.A]]) | ||
[[Prabhat Kumar College|Contai P. K. College]] ([[B.A]]) | |||
| profession = [[Politician]] | | profession = [[Politician]] | ||
| father = [[Sisir Adhikari]] | | father = [[Sisir Adhikari]] | ||
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'''Suvendu Adhikari''' (born 15 December 1970)<ref>{{Cite web|title=FPJ Explains: Who was Subhendu Adhikari, the Bengal minister whose 'dissent' is threatening Mamata's regime?|url=https://m.freepressjournal.in/article/india/fpj-explains-who-is-subhendu-adhikari-the-bengal-minister-whose-dissent-is-threatening-mamatas-regime/c06b5a33-feeb-4e95-a01a-fbf3de98bfb2|access-date=2020-11-09|website=m.freepressjournal.in}}</ref> is an Indian politician from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 10 May 2021. He is a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from Nandigram since May 2021 having defeated his opponent incumbent Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] ( | '''Suvendu Adhikari''' (born 15 December 1970)<ref>{{Cite web|title=FPJ Explains: Who was Subhendu Adhikari, the Bengal minister whose 'dissent' is threatening Mamata's regime?|url=https://m.freepressjournal.in/article/india/fpj-explains-who-is-subhendu-adhikari-the-bengal-minister-whose-dissent-is-threatening-mamatas-regime/c06b5a33-feeb-4e95-a01a-fbf3de98bfb2|access-date=2020-11-09|website=m.freepressjournal.in}}</ref> is an Indian politician from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 10 May 2021. He is a member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from Nandigram since May 2021 having defeated his opponent incumbent Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] (who had to fight bye election to remain chief minister).<ref name=HT_1/> He previously served as the Minister of Transport, Irrigation and Water resource in [[Government of West Bengal|West Bengal]]. He was a [[Member of Parliament|member]] of the [[15th Lok Sabha]] and the [[16th Lok Sabha]] (2014-2016), as an [[All India Trinamool Congress]] candidate, from [[Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]].<ref>{{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><ref>{{cite web | ||
| url = http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4501| title = Suvendu Adhikari| access-date = 2009-07-30 | publisher = India Govt. | | url = http://india.gov.in/govt/loksabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=4501| title = Suvendu Adhikari| access-date = 2009-07-30 | publisher = India Govt.}}</ref> | ||
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, | He is the son of [[Sisir Adhikari]], 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><ref>{{cite web | url = http://westbengalelectionresult.com/suvendu-adhikari-profilecontact-blogs-news-address/469 | title = Suvendu Adhikari -Profile | access-date = 2009-06-20 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101029035522/http://westbengalelectionresult.com/suvendu-adhikari-profilecontact-blogs-news-address/469 | archive-date = 29 October 2010 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> | ||
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, Adhikari was a member of the Legislative Assembly from [[Contai]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://blogs.thehindu.com/elections2009/?p=2618 | title = Like father, like son| access-date = 2009-07-30 | last =Dutta | first =Indrani | publisher = The Hindu, 5 May 2009.}}</ref> He defeated [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)’s]] strongman [[Lakshman Chandra Seth|Lakshman Seth]] by a margin of 1,72,958 votes.<ref name="SA">{{cite web| url = http://www.indianexpress.com/news/nandigram-swings-two-seats-in-east-midnapore/461025/ | title = Nandigram swings two seats in East Midnapore in Trinamool's favour| access-date = 2009-07-30 | publisher = Indian Express 17 May 2009}}</ref> He resigned from the primary membership of [[All India Trinamool Congress]] and joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in presence of Home Minister [[Amit Shah]] on 19 December 2020. He won the Nandigram assembly seat against TMC's supremo and [[Chief Minister of West Bengal]] [[Mamata Banerjee]] in 2021 by a margin of 1956 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-02|title=Nandigram: After Hours of Confusion, BJP's Suvendu Adhikari Emerges Winner|url=https://thewire.in/politics/nandigram-election-bengal-mamata-banerjee-suvendu-adhikari|work=The Wire}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25210.htm?ac=210|access-date=2021-05-02|website=results.eci.gov.in|archive-date=3 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503202328/https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS25210.htm?ac=210|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nandigram Election Result 2021 LIVE: Nandigram MLA Election Result & Vote Share|url=https://www.oneindia.com/nandigram-assembly-elections-wb-210/|work=Oneindia}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nandigram Assembly Election Results 2021 LIVE - Nandigram Vidhan Sabha Election Results|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/nandigram-west-bengal-election-result-2021|work=Times Now}}</ref>. | |||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||
Adhikari was born on 15 December 1970 to [[Sisir Adhikari]] and Gayatri Adhikari at Karkuli in [[Purba Medinipur district]] in [[West Bengal]]. Sisir Adhikari is a politician, and former [[Minister of State]] in [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry]] and was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi constituency]] in 2019.<ref name="LS">{{cite web |title=Suvendu Adhikari |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4501 |publisher=Lok Sabha |access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref><ref name="AN">{{cite web |title=Nandigram: Trinamool's stronghold, one family's stranglehold |url=https://newsable.asianetnews.com/india/judge-loya-death-supreme-court-dismisses-probe-into-the-death-p7fdmb |publisher=Asia Net News |access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref> | |||
= | One of Suvendu's brothers, Soumendu, is the chairman of the [[Kanthi]] municipal corporation.<ref name="AN"/> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]], elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 from [[Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tamluk constituency]], is also his brother. | ||
Adhikari received a [[Master of Arts]] degree from [[Netaji Subhas Open University]].<ref name="LS"/> | |||
==Political career== | |||
Adhikari was first elected as a councillor from [[Indian National Congress]] in the [[Contai|Contai Municipality]] in 1995.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The importance of being Suvendu Adhikari: Why the TMC strongman is miffed with the party leadership|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/the-importance-of-being-suvendu-adhikari-why-the-tmc-strongman-is-miffed-with-the-party-leadership/684054|access-date=2020-12-17|website=www.timesnownews.com|language=en}}</ref> In 2006, Adhikari was elected to the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kanthi Dakshin]] constituency. He also became the chairman of [[Kanthi]] Municipal Corporation in the same year.<ref name="LS"/> | |||
In 2007, Adhikari spearheaded the anti-land-acquisition movement in the [[Nandigram]]. He led the [[Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee]]. The ruling [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] government in West Bengal planned to acquire 10,000 acres of land in the village to set up a [[special economic zone]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarkar |first1=Arindam |title=Mamata promises to marry off raped girls of Nandigram |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/mamata-promises-to-marry-off-raped-girls-of-nandigram/story-umlmKryBUWdkP6re98mV2L.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=26 April 2007}}</ref><ref name="ET">{{cite news |title=Trinamool Congress confident of victory in Nandigram |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/trinamool-congress-confident-of-victory-in-nandigram/articleshow/52103488.cms?from=mdr |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=4 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite news |title=From Nandigram to Murshidabad - Suvendu Adhikari is Mamata Banerjee's all weather man |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/from-nandigram-to-murshidabad-suvendu-adhikari-is-mamata-banerjee-s-all-weather-man/story-kNqePhKEQzC9SE9BpPs34M.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=26 August 2019}}</ref> This movement catapulted [[Mamata Banerjee]] to the centre-stage of Bengali politics.<ref name="HT"/> The state [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|CID]] alleged that Adhikari had supplied arms to the Maoists to wage an armed movement against the state government.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Roy |first1=Anirban |title=CID to question Trinamool's Adhikari on Maoist links |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/cid-to-question-trinamools-adhikari-on-maoist-links-78841-2010-07-17 |magazine=[[India Today]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=17 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Trinamool MP accused of supplying ammo to Naxalites |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/east/story/trinamool-mp-accused-of-supplying-ammo-to-naxalites-78780-2010-07-16 |magazine=[[India Today]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=16 July 2010}}</ref> | In 2007, Adhikari spearheaded the anti-land-acquisition movement in the [[Nandigram]]. He led the [[Bhumi Uchhed Pratirodh Committee]]. The ruling [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] government in West Bengal planned to acquire 10,000 acres of land in the village to set up a [[special economic zone]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sarkar |first1=Arindam |title=Mamata promises to marry off raped girls of Nandigram |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/mamata-promises-to-marry-off-raped-girls-of-nandigram/story-umlmKryBUWdkP6re98mV2L.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=26 April 2007}}</ref><ref name="ET">{{cite news |title=Trinamool Congress confident of victory in Nandigram |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/trinamool-congress-confident-of-victory-in-nandigram/articleshow/52103488.cms?from=mdr |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=4 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="HT">{{cite news |title=From Nandigram to Murshidabad - Suvendu Adhikari is Mamata Banerjee's all weather man |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/from-nandigram-to-murshidabad-suvendu-adhikari-is-mamata-banerjee-s-all-weather-man/story-kNqePhKEQzC9SE9BpPs34M.html |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=26 August 2019}}</ref> This movement catapulted [[Mamata Banerjee]] to the centre-stage of Bengali politics.<ref name="HT"/> The state [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|CID]] alleged that Adhikari had supplied arms to the Maoists to wage an armed movement against the state government.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Roy |first1=Anirban |title=CID to question Trinamool's Adhikari on Maoist links |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/cid-to-question-trinamools-adhikari-on-maoist-links-78841-2010-07-17 |magazine=[[India Today]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=17 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Trinamool MP accused of supplying ammo to Naxalites |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/east/story/trinamool-mp-accused-of-supplying-ammo-to-naxalites-78780-2010-07-16 |magazine=[[India Today]] |access-date=27 April 2019 |date=16 July 2010}}</ref> | ||
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===2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election=== | ===2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election=== | ||
On 19 December 2020, he joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in presence of Home Minister [[Amit Shah]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://banglahunt.com/subhendu-join-bjp-with-9-mla/ |title=Suvendu Adhikari join Bharatiya Janata Party with other 9 MLA |website= Bangla Hunt}}</ref><ref name="India Today">{{cite web| url = https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/suvendu-adhikari-joins-bjp-in-presence-of-amit-shah-1751135-2020-12-19|title = Suvendu Adhikari ends all speculation, joins BJP, delivers jolt to Mamata and TMC | publisher = India Today |access-date = 19 December 2020}}</ref> He defeated sitting chief minister of West Bengal on Nandigram assembly seat in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mamta Banerjee loses Nandigram|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/mamata-vs-suvendu-all-eyes-on-nandigram-as-counting-underway-in-west-bengal/amp_articleshow/82350838.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> | On 19 December 2020, he joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in presence of Home Minister [[Amit Shah]].<ref>{{cite news |url= https://banglahunt.com/subhendu-join-bjp-with-9-mla/ |title=Suvendu Adhikari join Bharatiya Janata Party with other 9 MLA |website= Bangla Hunt}}</ref><ref name="India Today">{{cite web| url = https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/suvendu-adhikari-joins-bjp-in-presence-of-amit-shah-1751135-2020-12-19|title = Suvendu Adhikari ends all speculation, joins BJP, delivers jolt to Mamata and TMC | publisher = India Today |access-date = 19 December 2020}}</ref> He defeated the sitting chief minister of West Bengal on Nandigram assembly seat in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mamta Banerjee loses Nandigram|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/mamata-vs-suvendu-all-eyes-on-nandigram-as-counting-underway-in-west-bengal/amp_articleshow/82350838.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> He, with the support of 22 MLAs, was elected as opposition party leader by [[BJP]] after the assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-10|title=Ex-TMC minister Suvendu Adhikari becomes leader of the opposition in Bengal|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/kolkata-news/extmc-minister-suvendu-adhikari-becomes-leader-of-the-opposition-in-bengal-101620658519464.html|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref> Mamata Banerjee has filed an election petition in [[Calcutta High Court]] challenging the verdict of Nandigram.<ref name=HT_1>{{Cite web|date=17 June 2021|title=Mamata Banerjee challenges Suvendu Adhikari's Nandigram win in Calcutta High Court|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mamata-banerjee-challenges-suvendu-adhikari-s-nandigram-win-in-calcutta-hc-101623948924307.html|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> | ||
==Electoral history== | ==Electoral history== | ||
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[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026]] | [[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2021–2026]] | ||