Suvendu Adhikari
Suvendu Adhikari | |
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Member of the India Parliament for Tamluk |
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Assumed office 16 May 2009 |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for Kanthi Dakshin |
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In office 12 May 2006 – 16 May 2009 |
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Personal details | |
Born | 15 December 1970 |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | AITMC |
Residence | Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, West Bengal |
Alma mater | Rabindra Bharati University |
Profession | Politician Businessperson |
Religion | Hindu |
Suvendu Adhikari is an Indian politician and member of the 15th Lok Sabha and the 16th Lok Sabha. He was elected as a Trinamool Congress candidate from Tamluk. An honours graduate, he was born on 15 December 1970.[1][2] He is the son of Sisir Adhikari, former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.[3][4]
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, Suvendu Adhikari was a member of the Legislative Assembly from Contai.[5] Suvendu defeated CPI(M)’s strongman Lakshman Seth, who led the charge in recapturing the villages from Trinamool Congress supporters leading to a bloodbath in 2007, by a margin of 1.73 lakh votes.[6]
Suvendu Adhikari has 5 serious criminal cases against him: 1 charge related to voluntarily causing grievous hurt (IPC Section-325), 1 charge related to theft (IPC Section-379), 1 charge related to attempt to murder (IPC Section-307), 1 charge related to kidnapping or abducting in order to murder (IPC Section-364), 1 charge related to assault or criminal force to women with intent to outrage her modesty (IPC Section-354). [7]
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