The Samata Party (SAP) is a political party in India,initially formed in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar,now led by Uday Mandal its National President. Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar. It was an offshoot of the Janata Dal,with the alleged casteism of the parent party being the reason given for the split. The party has socialist leanings,and at one point wielded considerable political and social influence in North India,particularly in Bihar. In 2003 most Samata Party members joined Janata Dal (United). Only a faction led by MP Brahmanand Mandal remained in the Samata party and continued to use the party name and symbols.
Janata Dal was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions,the Lok Dal,Indian National Congress (Jagjivan),and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan under the leadership of V. P. Singh.
The Biju Janata Dal is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik,the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik,after whom the party is named. It was founded on 26 December 1997.
Naveen Patnaik is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal,a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief minister of Odisha and as of 2022,one of the longest-serving chief ministers of any Indian state,holding the post for over two decades,and only the third Indian chief Minister after Pawan Chamling and Jyoti Basu to win five consecutive terms as Chief Minister of an Indian state.
Mohan Jena is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Jajpur Constituency constituency of Odisha and is a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party. In March 2019,he joined Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of Dharmendra Pradhan and Arun Singh.
Harihar Swain was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Aska constituency of Odisha on a Biju Janata Dal ticket. He was expelled from the Biju Janata Dal after voting against the party whip. It was alleged that he had taken a bribe to vote against his own party. He was suffering from multiple ailments and died on 13 October 2012.
Prasanna Acharya is a politician from Odisha,India who sits in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian parliament. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party.
Sudam Marndi is a Minister of Revenue and Disaster Management. He is a fifth term member of odisha legislative assembly. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Mayurbhanj constituency of Orissa and is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party.
The politics of Odisha are part of India's federal parliamentary representative democracy,where the union government exercises sovereign rights. Certain powers are reserved to the states,including Odisha. The state has a multi-party system,in which the two main parties are the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the regional,socialist Biju Janata Dal (BJD). The Indian National Congress (INC) has also significant presence.
Kandhamal Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008,following the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India constituted in 2002.
Brahmanand Mandal is a Bihari politician who served as a member of the Lok Sabha from Munger constituency for three terms under three different political parties:in 1991,as a member of the Communist Party of India,in 1996 under the Samata Party,and re-elected in 1999 as part of Janata Dal (United). He was the Ex. President of Samata Party.
Nityananda Pradhan is an Indian politician. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha,representing Aska . He left Communist Party of India and joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in 2008. He is a former member of Legislative Assembly of Odisha.
Yashbant Narayan Singh Laguri is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Keonjhar constituency of Odisha and is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party.
Puri is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district,Odisha.
Kakatpur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Puri district,Odisha. This constituency includes Konark,Kakatpur block,Astarang block and 13 Gram panchayats of Gop block.
Samata Kranti Dal (SKD) is a state political party of the Indian state of Odisha led by Braja Kishore Tripathy. It was founded on 13 May 2013. Samata Kranti Dal is allotted 'Scissor' symbol by the Election Commission of India.
Balabhadra Majhi is an Indian politician. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Nabarangpur constituency in Odisha. He is a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party since March 2019.
Hemendra Chandra Singh was an Indian politician. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Kandhamal constituency in Odisha. He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He had left Congress and joined BJD in February 2014.
Nagendra Kumar Pradhan is an Indian politician. He is elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Sambalpur constituency in Odisha. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He is a former member of Legislative Assembly of Odisha.
Sanjay Kumar Das Burma is a politician from Odisha,India. he was the Minister of State(Ind),Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare and Minister of State(Ind),Employment &Technical Education &Training in Odisha Legislative Assembly. He is a two time MLA representing Brahmagiri constituency from the Biju Janata Dal party. He is the executive editor of Odia Magazine "SISIRA".
