Madhavi Sarkar

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Madhavi Sarkar (Bengali: মাধবী সরকার) is an Indian politician, who served as a member of the Bihar Legislative Assembly 1998–2000.

Political life

Madhavi Sarkar is the widow of

Purnia constituency Ajit Sarkar. Ajit Sarkar was murdered on 14 June 1998.[1] Following Ajit Sarkar's death, Madhavi Sarkar was elected from the Purnia seat in a by-poll held in November 1998.[1][2] As the governing Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) faced harsh pressure from the opposition parties over the killing of Ajit Sarkar, the party opted to support Sarkar in the by-poll.[3] Sarkar obtained 45,541 votes (50.1%).[2]

She lost the Purnia seat in the 2000 Legislative Assembly election.[4] She finished in fourth place with 13,195 votes (11.15%).[4] Her loss was attributed to a challenge from her brother-in-law amongst her support base.[5]

Madhavi Sarkar subsequently left CPI(M), and joined the

Purnia parliamentary seat.[8] In the election she contested against Pappu Yadav, the key accused in the murder of her husband.[8] Speaking to media ahead of the election Sarkar vowed to continue the struggle to bring her husband's killers to justice, saying that "[t]he case is on in law courts. But I will get satisfaction only after the killer is tried in the people’s court and they take revenge for Ajit Sarkar’s gruesome murder".[9] She obtained 7,595 votes (1.1% of the vote).[10]

CPI(ML) Liberation fielded Sarkar as their candidate for the Purnia Legislative Assembly seat in the February 2005 Bihar election. She gathered merely 726 votes (0.6%).[11] She did not contest the subsequent October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election.[12]

In November 2008 Sarkar was elected as national Vice President of the All India Agricultural Labourers Association (AIALA) at the third national conference of the organisation.[13][14]

CPI(ML) Liberation fielded Sarkar for the Purnia parliamentary seat again in the 2009 Lok Sabha election.[15] In this election CPI(ML) Liberation, CPI(M) and the Communist Party of India contested 33 Bihar seats jointly as the United Left Bloc.[16] Sarkar obtained 5,125 votes (0.73%).[17] Ahead of the election Sarkar requested the Election Commission of India to provide her with protection from Pappu Yadav, who had been granted bail two months prior to the election.[18][19]

As of 2011, Sarkar was the Vice President of the All India Progressive Women's Association (AIPWA).[20]

References

  1. ^ a b People's Democracy. Ajit Sarkar Is Immortal
  2. ^ a b Election Commission of India. Assembly Constituency – 139-Purnea
  3. ^ Rediff.com. RJD bags 3 out of 4 by-elections in Bihar
  4. ^ a b Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2000 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  5. ^ Times of India. Left parties likely to contest from three Purnia seats
  6. ^ Telegraph. Purnea misses chalk & cheese – Residents recollect war between Ajit Sarkar & Pappu Yadav
  7. ^ Times of India. Liberation plans to fight hard for Siwan seat
  8. ^ a b The Hindu. CANDIDATE WATCH: Madhavi Sarkar, CPI (ML) candidate, Purnea Lok Sabha seat[dead link]
  9. ^ Deccan Herald. Criminals stare, widows seek revenge Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)
  11. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  12. ^ Election Commission of India. STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2005 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF BIHAR
  13. ^ Liberation. AIALA Third National Conference: A Resounding Success
  14. ^ Liberation. Letter from Bihar
  15. ^ Liberation. Asserting People's Issues: Above the Clamour of Crorepatis, Communalists and Corporate Media
  16. ^ Bihar Times. United Left Bloc announces names of candidates for Bihar Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ Election Commission of India. 25 – CONSTITUENCY WISE DETAILED RESULTS
  18. ^ Gulf News. Slain CPI-M legislator's widow wants protection from Pappu Yadav
  19. ^ The Tribune. Save me from Pappu: CPM leader's widow
  20. ^ Liberation. Rapists Protected While Women are Punished
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