Dibyendu Adhikari | |
Office1: | Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly |
Term Start1: | 2009 |
Term End1: | 2016 |
Constituency1: | Kanthi Dakshin |
Predecessor1: | Suvendu Adhikari |
Successor1: | Chandrima Bhattacharya |
Office: | Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha |
Term Start: | 23 November 2016 |
Term End: | 4 June 2024 |
Constituency: | Tamluk |
Predecessor: | Suvendu Adhikari |
Successor: | Abhijit Gangopadhyay |
Birth Date: | 1976 12, df=y |
Nationality: | Indian |
Party: | Bharatiya Janata Party (2024–present) |
Residence: | Contai, Purba Medinipur, West Bengal |
Profession: | Politician |
Otherparty: | Trinamool Congress (until 2024) |
Dibyendu Adhikari (born 24 December 1976) is an Indian politician from the state of West Bengal in India. He has been elected to Lok Sabha from Tamluk in 2019 as a member of Trinamool Congress.
Dibyendu Adhikari's father Sisir Adhikari and elder brother Suvendu Adhikari have also been elected to Lok Sabha and West Bengal Vidhan Sabha over the years.[1]
Dibyendu was Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) in West Bengal from Dakhin Kanthi constituency from 2009 to 2016. In 2016 he was elected to Lok Sabha from Tamluk parliamentary constituency of West Bengal on TMC ticket in a by-election when the seat fell vacant due to the resignation of the sitting MP Suvendu Adhikari, who is Dibyendu Adhikari's elder brother. He is also councillor of Contai Municipality.[2]