Tapan Sikdar
Tapan Sikdar | |
|---|---|
Dum Dum, West Bengal | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1944 |
| Died | 2 June 2014 (aged 69) |
| Nationality | B.Com) |
| Profession | Politician |
Tapan Sikdar (20 September 1944 – 2 June 2014) was a Union minister of state in the
Dum Dum (Lok Sabha constituency) in West Bengal
.
Tapan Shikdar died on 2 June 2014 in Delhi, AIIMS due to respiratory problems.[1]
Positions held
- 1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
- 1998-99 Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-III; Member, Committee on Finance; Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Water Resources
- 1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
- 13 Oct. 1999-2002 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Communications
- 10 Jan - 30 June 2002 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
- 1 July 2002 -2004 Union Minister of State, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (India)
He was Union
All India Trinamool Congress candidate (who won and became the MP) got 458,988 votes whereas the Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate got 438,510 votes) and he polled only 55,679 votes.[citation needed
]
Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch
Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch is a forum of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dissidents in the Indian state of West Bengal. The forum was launched on 5 December 2004 by former Union Minister Tapan Sikdar.[2]
The organisation held its first convention in Kolkata on 8 March 2006.[3]
The forum is named after
Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh. Sikdar maintains that the organisation is apolitical (in the sense that it is not a political party), and that he still sympathises with BJP.[4]
References
- ^ Former minister Tapan Sikdar dies at AIIMS in Delhi – The Times of India
- ^ "Dissident BJP leaders float parallel body in West Bengal". Deccan Herald. 5 December 2004. p. 1. Archived from the original on 13 December 2004. Retrieved 14 August 2006.
- ^ "Sikdar organises first Mancha convention". expressindia.com. 9 March 2006. Archived from the original on 27 June 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2006.
- ^ "Bangladeshi infiltration continues unabated: Tapan Sikdar". oneindia.com. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 15 August 2006.
External links
| External videos | |
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 Tapan Sikdar, BJP, Dum Dum - On Campaign Trail on YouTube |
