- Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
Infobox_Indian_politician
name = Jyotirmoyee Sikdar
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birth_date = Birth date and age|1969|12|11|df=y
birth_place =Nadia ,West Bengal
residence =Kolkata
death_date =
death_place =
constituency = Krishnanagar
office = MP
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term =
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party =CPI(M)
religion =
spouse = Avtar Singh
children = 1 son
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footnotes =date = September 17
year = 2006 |
source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4185Jyotirmoyee Sikdar ( _bn. জ্যোতির্ময়ী সিকদার) is a
Member of Parliament ,India representingKrishnagar(Lok Sabha constituency) ofWest Bengal in the 14thLok Sabha . She is affiliated to theCommunist Party of India (Marxist) . She was an athlete and won the Gold medals in 800 m and 1500 m events in the1998 Asian Games . She is a recipient of theRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for the year 1998-1999 . She was awarded thePadma Shri in2003 . In August2004 , she was in the news when her husband was arrested on charges of running a sex racket inKolkata . [Times of India [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/818793.cms No escape for Sikdar from scandal stigma] accessed December 6, 2007] [VOA News [http://www.voanews.com/bangla/archive/2004-08/a-2004-08-18-2-Political.cfm Political Controversy on the Arrest of Avtar Singh in West Bengal] ] [Rediff.com [http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/aug/16kolk.htm Jyotirmoyee Sikdar's husband arrested] accessed December 6, 2007]Notes
External links
* [http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4185 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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