Sisir Adhikari

Sisir Kumar Adhikari (born 19 September 1941) is an Indian politician who represented Kanthi Lok Sabha constituency from 2009 till 2024. He is a former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government. He is the father of Suvendu Adhikari, the 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal.

He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from Kanthi Dakshin from 2001 to 2006 and Egra from 2006 to 2009. He was the chairman of Contai Municipality for more than 25 years. Along with his son Suvendu, who was elected from Tamluk, he played a key role in the Nandigram anti-land acquisition stir. He studied Intermediate of Science at University of Calcutta and passed in 1960.

Personal life Adhikari is married to Gayatri Adhikari and has four sons, including Suvendu Adhikari, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Dibyendu Adhikari, Member of Legislative Assembly from Egra and Soumendu Adhikari, Member of Parliament from Kanthi.