Nandini Satpathy was an Indian politician and author. She was the Chief Minister of Odisha from June 1972 to December 1976.
Dilip Tirkey,is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team,politician and sports administrator. He was awarded Padma Shree in 2004. Currently he is the president of Hockey India.
Bhartruhari Mahtab is an Indian politician from Odisha. He served as the pro tem speaker of the Lok Sabha from 24th June,2024 to 26th June,2024 after the 2024 Indian general election. He has been a member of Lok Sabha from 1998 to 2024 as member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Ahead of the 2024 elections,he quit BJD and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Pyarimohan Mohapatra was a politician from the Odisha Jana Morcha as a member of the Parliament of India representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was the political advisor of Naveen Patnaik. He started his career as an IAS officer and was principal secretary to Biju Patnaik. He was considered as the mastermind and the proxy leader of the Biju Janata Dal.
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.
Bhupinder Singh is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2014 from Odisha. He is the former Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly representing from Narla constituency. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He had left Congress and joined BJD in March 2014.
Sarojini Hembram is an Indian politician from the Odisha state. She belongs to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party. She was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Bangriposi in 2009 and became the minister for textile,handlooms and handicrafts in the Odisha Government. She was elected to the Rajya Sabha the Upper house of Indian Parliament in 2014 from Odisha.
Narendra Kumar Swain was an Indian politician from Odisha state. He was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha the Upper house of Indian Parliament from Odisha as a Biju Janata Dal candidate. He died September 7,2020,after undergoing treatment at a hospital in Cuttack.
Bishnu Charan Das was an Indian politician from the state of Odisha. He was a leader of the Biju Janata Dal and had previously contested seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jagatsinghpur seat.
N. Bhaskar Rao is an Indian politician from the state of Odisha. He is a leader of the Biju Janata Dal. His hometown is Rayagada. He was also Deputy Chairman of Odisha state's planning board and is also an industrialist.
2019 Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2019,to fill the vacancies in the Rajya Sabha,the Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect 2 members from Assam as well as 6 members from Tamil Nadu. By-elections were held for 14 seats among various states.
Ashwini Vaishnaw is an Indian politician,former IAS officer and a businessman who is serving as the 39th Minister of Railways,the 35th Minister of Information and Broadcasting and the 2nd Minister of Electronics and Information Technology since 2024.
Amar Patnaik is a former Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) officer under the Comptroller &Auditor General (CAG) of India and former Principal Accountant General (PAG) of Sikkim,Odisha,West Bengal,and Kerala. He opted for voluntary retirement,nine years before completion of his service and joined Biju Janata Dal in the presence of party president and CM Naveen Patnaik on 29 August 2018. Since 28 June 2019,he is the member of the Parliament of India representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha and general secretary of the BJD Parliamentary Party office,the upper house. He heads the IT-Wing and is also a spokesperson of Biju Janata Dal.
Indu Bala Goswami is an Indian politician and the state president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of Himachal pradesh. She is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of Indian Parliament from Himachal Pradesh as a member of the BJP. She was chairperson of the State Women Commission Himachal Pradesh and State Social Welfare Board Himachal Pradesh.
Sujeet Kumar is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party party and a former Member of Lok Sabha,representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha,from 2020 to 2024. He is also a Lawyer and trained Arbitrator,and practicing in the Supreme Court of India,various High Courts and Tribunals. He also was the Chairman of the Committee on Petitions of Rajya Sabha,one of the youngest ever to chair a Parliamentary Committee. He earlier served as the Advisor,in the rank of Chief Secretary,to the Special Development Council (SDC) of Government of Odisha and as the Special Secretary of Odisha State Planning Board,very senior policy planning positions with Government of Odisha.
Munna Khan,also known as Muzibulla Khan,is a member of parliament of India elected unopposed from Odisha on the ticket of Biju Janata Dal during 2020 Indian Rajya Sabha elections. He was one of the four new elect MPs of Biju Janata Dal elected unopposed since the major opposition party BJP refused to field any candidate from the state.
Sulata Deo is an Indian politician and a member of the Rajya Sabha,upper house of the Parliament of India from Odisha as member of the Biju Janata Dal. She was previously advisor to the 'Mission Shakti' program of Govt of Odisha. She is also spokesperson of BJD.
Niranjan Bishi is an Indian politician and a member of the Rajya Sabha,upper house of the Parliament of India from Odisha as member of the Biju Janata Dal.
Debashish Samantaray is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament,representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Biju Janata Dal.
Subhashish Khuntia is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament,representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha the upper house of India's Parliament as a member of the Biju Janata Dal.
