Tapan Sikdar (20 September 1944 – 2 June 2014) was a Union minister of state in the

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government of

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and a

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politician. He was born on 20 September 1944 in

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. His father Dr. D. N. Sikdar was a physician. His mother's name was Bela Rani Sikdar. He was member of 12 and 13

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representing

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. Tapan Shikdar died on 2 June 2014 in Delhi, AIIMS due to respiratory problems.

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

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. Later he was Union

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. He unsuccessfully contested the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency in the 2009 general election where the

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candidate (who won and became the MP) got 458,988 votes whereas the

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

candidate got 438,510 votes) and he polled only 55,679 votes.

Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch

Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch is a forum of

(BJP) dissidents in the

n state of

. The forum was launched on 5 December 2004 by former Union Minister Tapan Sikdar. The organisation held its first convention in

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on 8 March 2006. The forum is named after

Syama Prasad Mookerjee Syama Prasad Mookerjee (6 July 1901 – 23 June 1953) was an Indian barrister, educationist, politician, activist, social worker, and a minister in the state and national governments. Noted for his opposition to Quit India movement within the ...

, the founder of

Bharatiya Jana Sangh The Akhil Bharatiya Jana Sangh ( BJS or JS, short name: Jan Sangh) was a Hindutva political party active in India. It was established on 21 October 1951 in Delhi by three founding members: Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Balraj Madhok and Deendayal ...

. Sikdar maintains that the organisation is apolitical (in the sense that it is not a political party), and that he still sympathises with BJP.

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Biodata
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sikdar, Tapan 1944 births 2014 deaths Bengali Hindus People from West Bengal India MPs 1998–1999 India MPs 1999–2004 Lok Sabha members from West Bengal National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Respiratory disease deaths in India Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from West Bengal Politicians from North 24 Parganas district