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'{{short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} {{Infobox Indian politician | name = বিজেপি নেতা শিশির অধিকারী | image = | office = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] | constituency = [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]] | predecessor = [[Prasanta Pradhan]] | term_start = 16 May 2009 | term_end = | office1 = [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Minister of State for Rural Development]] | term_start1 = 25 May 2009 | term_end1 = 22 September 2012 | primeminister1 = [[Manmohan Singh]] | office2 = [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member]] of [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] | constituency2 = [[Egra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Egra]] | term_start2 = 2006 | term_end2 = 2009 | predecessor2 = Prabodh Chandra Sinha | successor2 = Samaresh Das | constituency3 = [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]] | term_start3 = 1982 | term_end3 = 1987 | predecessor3 = Sailaja Kumar Das | successor3 = [[Sukhendu Maity]] | term_start4 = 2001 | term_end4 = 2006 | constituency4 = [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]] | predecessor4 = Satyabrata Maity | successor4 = [[Suvendu Adhikari]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age| 1941|09|19|df=y}} | nationality = [[India|Indian]] | spouse = Gayatri Adhikari | children = [[Suvendu Adhikari]]<br> [[Dibyendu Adhikari]]<br> Soumendu Adhikari | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2021 – present) | residence = Contai, District- Purba Medinipur, [[West Bengal]] | alma_mater = [[University of Calcutta]] | website = | footnotes = | otherparty = *[[All India Trinamool Congress]] (1998-2021) *[[Indian National Congress]] (1972-1998) }} '''Sisir Kumar Adhikari'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Members : Lok Sabha|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4502|access-date=2020-12-17|website=loksabhaph.nic.in}}</ref> (born 19 September 1941) is [[Member of parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]] in [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who represented [[Kanthi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanthi]] from [[2009 Indian general election|2009]] till 2021. He is a 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> He recently changed his political affiliation from [[All India Trinamool Congress]] to Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on 21 March 2021 on the backdrop of [[2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election]]. Sisir Adhikari was the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]] from [[Kanthi Dakshin (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kanthi Dakshin]] from 2001 to 2006 and [[Egra (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Egra]] from 2006 to 2009. He was the Chairman of Contai Municipality for more than 25 years. Along with his son, [[Suvendu Adhikari]], who was elected from [[Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]], he played a key role in the [[Nandigram]] anti-land acquisition stir.<ref name=":0" /> ==Early life and education== Adhikari was born in 19 September 1941 to father Kenaram Adhikari and mother Kadambini Adhikari in Karkuli, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal in an affluent family of freedom fighters.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sisir Kumar Adhikari: Age, Biography, Education, Wife, Caste, Net Worth & More - Oneindia|url=https://www.oneindia.com/politicians/sisir-kumar-adhikari-36926.html|access-date=2020-12-17|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref> He studied Intermediate of Science at [[University of Calcutta]] and passed in 1960.<ref name="MyNeta">[http://myneta.info/ls2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=9391 MyNeta link]</ref> == Personal life == Sisir Adhikari is married to Gayatri Adhikari and has four sons and one daughter, including [[Suvendu Adhikari]], who is Leader of Opposition of Legislative Assembly in West Bengal, [[Dibyendu Adhikari]], elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 from [[Tamluk (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tamluk]], and Soumendu Adhikari, Former Chairman of Contai Municipality.<ref name=":0">{{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> ==References== {{reflist}} {{15th LS members from West Bengal}} {{16th LS members from West Bengal}} {{17th LS members from West Bengal}} {{West Bengal Legislative Assembly3}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Adhikari, Sisir}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:People from Purba Medinipur district]] [[Category:15th Lok Sabha members]] [[Category:All India Trinamool Congress politicians from West Bengal]] [[Category:1941 births]] [[Category:Lok Sabha members from West Bengal]] [[Category:16th Lok Sabha members]] [[Category:University of Calcutta alumni]] [[Category:17th Lok Sabha members]] [[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987]] [[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006]] [[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011]] [[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal]] {{WestBengal-politician-stub}}'