.svg)
Paresh Chandra Adhikary
 | This article may have been created or edited in return for undisclosed payments, a violation of Bharatpedia's terms of use. It may require cleanup to comply with Bharatpedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. (May 2021) |
Paresh Chandra Adhikari | |
|---|---|
| Minister of State Government of West Bengal | |
| Assumed office 10 May 2021 | |
| Minister | Bratya Basu |
| Governor | Jagdeep Dhankhar |
| Chief Minister | Mamata Banerjee |
| Department | School and Higher Education |
| Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 2 May 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Arghya Roy Pradhan |
| Constituency | Mekliganj |
| In office 2001–2016 | |
| Preceded by | Ramesh Roy |
| Succeeded by | Arghya Roy Pradhan |
| In office 1991–1996 | |
| Preceded by | Sada Kanta Roy |
| Succeeded by | Ramesh Roy |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | All India Trinamool Congress (from 2018) |
| Other political affiliations | All India Forward Bloc (till 2018)[1] |
| Residence | Mekliganj, Cooch Behar district, West Bengal |
| Alma mater | Mekhliganj High School |
| Profession | Politician |
Paresh Chandra Adhikary is an Indian politician from AITC. In May 2021, he was elected as the member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Mekliganj[2][3]
Career
Adhikari is from Mekliganj, Cooch Behar district. His father's name is Dutta Narayan Adhikary.[4] He passed Higher Secondary Examination from Mekhliganj High School, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education in 1970. Paresh Chandra Adhikari became MLA for the first time in 1991 after winning the Forward Bloc ticket. Although he lost the 1996 assembly elections, he continued to win for the Forward Bloc in 2001, 2006 and 2011. He was the Acting Food Minister of the Left Front government in West Bengal from 2006-2011. In 2019, he left the Forward Bloc and joined the Trinamool Congress. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Trinamool contested from Kochbihar Lok Sabha constituency on a Trinamul Congress ticket. But Paresh Chandra Adhikari lost to BJP candidate Nishith Pramanik. In the 2021 assembly elections, Paresh chandra Adhikary won the Mekhliganj assembly seat again and became the MLA and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made Paresh Chandra Adhikari the state minister for school education in the state.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ "West Bengal: Paresh Adhikary joining TMC not to affect party, says AIFB". 18 August 2018.
- ↑ "Adhikary Paresh Chandra | West Bengal Assembly Election Results Live, Candidates News, Videos, Photos". News18. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ↑ "Adhikary Paresh Chandra Election Results 2021: News, Votes, Results of West-bengal Assembly". NDTV.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ↑ "Election Commission of India". affidavit.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 5 May 2021.