Jyotirmoyee Sikdar

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
salary =
term =
predecessor =
successor =
party =CPI(M)
religion =
spouse = Avtar Singh
children = 1 son
website =
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date = September 17
year = 2006 |
source = http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4185

Jyotirmoyee Sikdar ( _bn. জ্যোতির্ময়ী সিকদার) is a Member of Parliament, India representing Krishnagar(Lok Sabha constituency) of West Bengal in the 14th Lok Sabha. She is affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). She was an athlete and won the Gold medals in 800 m and 1500 m events in the 1998 Asian Games. She is a recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award for the year 1998-1999. She was awarded the Padma Shri in 2003. In August 2004, she was in the news when her husband was arrested on charges of running a sex racket in Kolkata. [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]

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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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