Claim: Tapan Sikdar (20 September 1944 – 2 June 2014) was an Indian Union minister of state in the National Democratic Alliance government of India and a Bharatiya Janata Party politician who launched the forum, Dr. Syamaprasad Jana Jagaran Manch on December 5, 2004.
Evidence: Tapan Sikdar (20 September 1944 – 2 June 2014) was a Union minister of state in the National Democratic Alliance government of India and a Bharatiya Janata Party politician. The forum was launched on December 5, 2004 by former Union Minister Tapan Sikdar. Indian