Jyotirmoyee Sikdar is a Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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, India

India

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 representing Krishnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

Krishnagar (Lok Sabha constituency)

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 of West Bengal

West Bengal

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 in the 14th

14th Lok Sabha

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 Lok Sabha

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. She is affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)

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She was an middle distance runner and won the 800 metres

800 metres

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 at the 1995 Asian Athletics Championships. She went on to win the bronze medals in 800 m and 1500 m events in the 1998 Asian Athletics Championships and gold medals in both the events in the Asian Games in Bangkok in 1998

Athletics at the 1998 Asian Games

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She is a recipient of the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna

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 award for the year 1998-1999.