Suvendu Adhikari

Suvendu Adhikari
Suvendu Adhikari
	Adhikari in 2024
Leader of the Opposition in West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 13 May 2021
Governor	Jagdeep Dhankhar; La. Ganesan (additional charge); C. V. Ananda Bose
Deputy	Mihir Goswami
Preceded by	Abdul Mannan
Chairman of the Jute Corporation of India
	In office; 31 December 2020 – 2 March 2021
Union Textiles Minister	Smriti Irani
Preceded by	Ajay Kumar Jolly
Minister of Environment of West Bengal
	In office; 2018–2020
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Sovan Chatterjee
Succeeded by	Mamata Banerjee
Minister of Transport of West Bengal
	In office; 27 May 2016 – 27 November 2020
Chief Minister	Mamata Banerjee
Preceded by	Aroop Biswas
Succeeded by	Firhad Hakim
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
	In office; 16 May 2009 – 19 May 2016
Preceded by	Lakshman Chandra Seth
Succeeded by	Dibyendu Adhikari
Constituency	Tamluk, West Bengal
Member of West Bengal Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 20 May 2016
Preceded by	Firoja Bibi
Constituency	Nandigram
	In office; 11 May 2006 – 16 May 2009
Constituency	Contai South
Preceded by	Sisir Adhikari
Succeeded by	Dibyendu Adhikari
Personal details
Born	15 December 1970; Contai, West Bengal, India
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (since 2020)
Other political; affiliations	Indian National Congress (1995-2000); Trinamool Congress (2000-2020);
Parent	Sisir Adhikari (father);
Relatives	Dibyendu Adhikari (brother) ; Soumendu Adhikari (brother)
Alma mater	Netaji Subhas Open University (M.A)
Profession	Politician

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Suvendu Adhikari (born 15 December 1970) is an Indian politician who has served as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the West Bengal unit of Bharatiya Janata Party since May 2021. Adhikari previously worked in the state ministry for the West Bengal government from 2016 to 2020. He was elected Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Nandigram in 2016 and 2021, previously for South Contai in 2005, and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tamluk in 2009, and 2014.

He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 2016 to 2020, Irrigation and Water resource from 2018 to 2020 in the Government of West Bengal. He was also a member of Lok Sabha from Tamluk from 2009 to 2016 and the chairperson of Jute Corporation of India from 2020 to 2021. He was a former member of the Trinamool Congress from 1998 to 2020 and Indian National Congress from 1995 to 1998. He is the son of Sisir Adhikari, Member of Parliament and former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.