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{{Short description|Indian politician}} | |||
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'''Paresh Chandra Adhikary''' is an Indian politician from [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]. In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mekliganj]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adhikary Paresh Chandra {{!}} West Bengal Assembly Election Results Live, Candidates News, Videos, Photos|url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2021/west-bengal/adhikary-paresh-chandra-mekliganj-candidate-s25a001c001/|access-date=2021-05-05|website=News18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Adhikary Paresh Chandra Election Results 2021: News, Votes, Results of West-bengal Assembly|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly-election-candidates-list-2021/adhikary-paresh-chandra-25001-5|access-date=2021-05-05|website=NDTV.com|language=en}}</ref> | '''Paresh Chandra Adhikary''' is an Indian politician from [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]. In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from [[Mekliganj (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Mekliganj]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Adhikary Paresh Chandra {{!}} West Bengal Assembly Election Results Live, Candidates News, Videos, Photos|url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2021/west-bengal/adhikary-paresh-chandra-mekliganj-candidate-s25a001c001/|access-date=2021-05-05|website=News18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Adhikary Paresh Chandra Election Results 2021: News, Votes, Results of West-bengal Assembly|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections/west-bengal-assembly-election-candidates-list-2021/adhikary-paresh-chandra-25001-5|access-date=2021-05-05|website=NDTV.com|language=en}}</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Adhikary hails from [[Mekliganj]], [[Cooch Behar district]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Adhikary Paresh Chandra(All India Trinamool Congress(AITC)):Constituency- COOCH BEHAR(WEST BENGAL) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://myneta.info/loksabha2019/candidate.php?candidate_id=4951 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=myneta.info}}</ref> His father's name is Dutta Narayan Adhikary.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election Commission of India|url=https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/show-profile/OTY2OA==/MTY=/MTA=/Mw==/QUM=|access-date=2021-05-05|website=affidavit.eci.gov.in}}</ref> He passed Higher Secondary Examination from Mekhliganj High School, [[West Bengal Board of Secondary Education]] in 1970. Paresh Chandra Adhikary became MLA for the first time in 1991 after winning the Forward Bloc ticket.{{Citation needed|date= May 2022}} Although he lost the 1996 assembly elections, he continued to win for the [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] in 2001, 2006 and 2011. He was the Acting Food Minister of the Left Front Government in West Bengal from 2006 to 2011. In 2019, he left the Forward Bloc and joined the Trinamool Congress. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he contested from [[Cooch Behar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Cooch Behar Lok Sabha]] on Trinamul Congress ticket. But Adhikary lost to BJP candidate [[Nisith Pramanik]]. In the 2021 assembly elections, he won the Mekhliganj assembly seat again and became the MLA and Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] made Paresh Chandra Adhikary the state minister for [[Department of School Education (West Bengal)|Department of School Education]] in the State.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} | |||
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==Controversy== | |||
On 17 May 2022, Justice [[Abhijit Gangopadhyay]] directed [[Central Bureau of Investigation|CBI]] to interrogate Adhikary for alleged appointment of his daughter Ankita Adhikary as a teacher in government aided school.<ref>{{Cite news |others=PTI |date=2022-05-17 |title=Calcutta High Court directs CBI to interrogate West Bengal Minister for appointment of daughter |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/calcutta-high-court-directs-cbi-to-interrogate-west-bengal-minister-for-appointment-of-daughter/article65422900.ece |access-date=2022-05-19 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=EXCLUSIVE {{!}} Meet Petitioner Who Allegedly Lost Teaching Job to Minister's Daughter Due to 'West Bengal Recruitment Scam' |url=https://www.news18.com/news/education-career/exclusive-meet-job-aspirant-whose-plea-unearthed-wb-recruitment-scam-put-ministers-from-mamata-govt-under-cbi-radar-5204953.html |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> The Court also urged Chief Minister and Governor [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]] to remove Adhikary from the post of Minister.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-18 |title=Calcutta HC directs CBI to question MoS School Education ‘over appointment of daughter’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/teachers-recruitment-row-calcutta-hc-orders-cbi-probe-asks-minister-to-appear-before-agency-ssc-7922154/ |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-18 |title=SSC Scam: Bengal Minister 'DISAPPEARS' with daughter after the CBI summon |url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/ssc-scam-bengal-minister-disappears-with-daughter-after-the-cbi-summon-2464717.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Zee News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-19 |title=WB SSC Scam: Bengal Minister 'DISAPPEARS' with daughter after the CBI summon |url=https://www.sangbadekalavya.in/2022/05/at-least-paresh-adhikary-found-bagdogra.html |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Sangbad Ekalavya |language=bn}}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||