Party Name : Bharatiya Janata Party
Constituency : Jabalpur
State : Madhya Pradesh
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 13
Father's Name : Late Shri H.M. Sikdar
Mother's Name : Late Smt. Rani Sikdar
Date of birth : 02 Jul 1938
Profession : Agriculturist Musician
Positions held :
1968 Nominated Member, National Working Committee, Jana Sangh1973-74 District President, Jana Sangh, Jabalpur1974-77 State Vice-President, Jana Sangh, JabalpurVice-President, All India Women’s Wing (two terms)Incharge, Women’s Wing, West BengalState Working Committee, Madhya PradeshState President, Women’s Wing, Madhya Pradesh (twice)1977 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative AssemblyCabinet Minister, Local Self-Government, Social Welfare, Sports and Jail, Madhya Pradesh1990 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1993 Member, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha1999-2000 Member, Committee on Home Affairs2000-2001 Member, Committee on the Empowerment of Women2000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Defence
More Information :
Special Interests
Music, gardening and Bonsai flower arrangement
Countries Visited
Hong Kong, Singapore and Thailand (as Sports Minister in Tenth Asiad)
Other Information
Grand daughter of Late Shri Radha Nath Sikdar, one of the founder members of Archaeological Survey of India and also the first person to measure the height of Mount Everest; daughter-in-law of late Shri Suniti Chatterjee, who was an eminent linguist and literary figure of four languages; active in politics since 1959; introduced Master Plan; worked for Lalpur Narmada Water Project; organised Fifth National Women Sports Competition in Jabalpur; got permission for steel staff yard from Central Government; got constructed working womens hostels, Madhya Pradesh; established sports complex and training centre and constructed childrens’ parks; opened, (i) Saiaswah Higher Secondary School; and (ii) Viklang Sewa Bharti for the handicapped, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh; utilised Rs. 1.5 crore for various developmental schemes such as construction of roads for Narmada Drinking Water Project and for organising women’s sports at national level in the constituency
