27 Facts About Suvendu Adhikari

Suvendu Adhikari served as the MLA for Contai Dakshin from 2006 to 2009.

Suvendu Adhikari previously served as the Minister of Transport from 2016 to 2020, and as Minister of Irrigation and Water Resources from 2018 to 2020 in the Government of West Bengal.

Suvendu Adhikari was a member of the Lok Sabha from Tamluk from 2009 to 2016, and the chairperson of the Jute Corporation of India from 2020 to 2021.

Suvendu Adhikari is the son of Sisir Adhikari, a Member of Parliament and former Union Minister of State for Rural Development in the Manmohan Singh government.

Sisir Suvendu Adhikari is a politician, and former Minister of State in Second Manmohan Singh ministry and was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kanthi constituency in 2019.

Dibyendu Suvendu Adhikari, elected to Lok Sabha in 2019 from Tamluk constituency, is his brother.

Suvendu Adhikari received a Master of Arts degree from Netaji Subhas Open University.

Suvendu Adhikari was first elected as a councillor from Indian National Congress in the Kanthi Municipality in 1995.

In 2006, Suvendu Adhikari was elected to the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Kanthi Dakshin constituency.

Suvendu Adhikari became the chairman of Kanthi Municipality in the same year.

In 2007, Suvendu Adhikari spearheaded the anti-land-acquisition movement in the Nandigram.

The state CID alleged that Suvendu Adhikari had supplied arms to the Maoists to wage an armed movement against the state government.

Suvendu Adhikari was successful in expanding the party's base in these districts.

Suvendu Adhikari defeated his nearest rival Lakshman Seth of Communist Party of India by a margin of approximately 173,000 votes.

Suvendu Adhikari was sworn in as the Minister of Transport in the Second Mamata Banerjee ministry on 27 May 2016.

Suvendu Adhikari resigned from the post of chairman of Hooghly River Bridge Commission, a statutory body under the Government of West Bengal on 26 November 2020.

Suvendu Adhikari resigned as West Bengal Transport Minister on 27 November 2020.

Suvendu Adhikari had tendered his resignation to the speaker of West Bengal Legislative Assembly as MLA on 16 December 2020 which was not accepted by the speaker initially on grounds of technicality.

Suvendu Adhikari defeated the sitting chief minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee in Nandigram assembly seat in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election by 1,956 votes.

Suvendu Adhikari criticised the conduct of the elections, alleging irregularities and calling for investigations by central agencies.

Suvendu Adhikari staged a protest by locking the gate of the State Election Commission office in Kolkata.

Ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Suvendu Adhikari has advocated for the imposition of President's Rule in the state, citing concerns over law and order following incidents of violence in districts such as Murshidabad.

Suvendu Adhikari argued that free and fair elections would not be possible under the current state administration.

Suvendu Adhikari was interrogated by the Central Bureau of Investigation in September 2014 for his alleged role in the Saradha Group financial scandal.

In March 2025, Suvendu Adhikari sparked outrage by stating that if the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, Muslim MLAs from the Trinamool Congress would be "thrown out" of the Assembly.

Suvendu Adhikari has been vocal in his criticism of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the TMC government.

Suvendu Adhikari has accused the TMC of engaging in vote bank politics and failing to maintain law and order in the state.