The Biju Janata Dal is an Indian regional political party with significant influence in the state of Odisha. It was founded by the former minister of mines and minerals of the Republic of India Naveen Patnaik on 26 December 1997 as a breakaway faction from the Janata Dal. The BJD is led by its founder as president of the party. The headquarters of the party is located in Forest Park,Bhubaneswar.
Naveen Patnaik is an Indian politician who served as the 14th Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024. His 24-year reign is the second longest for a chief minister of any Indian state,after Pawan Kumar Chamling of Sikkim. He is the first president of the Biju Janata Dal since 1997. He served as the Union Minister of Steel and Mines from 1998 to 2000 and a member of the Lok Sabha from Aska from 1997 to 2000.
Bhadrak is a city of Odisha state in eastern India. The city is the district headquarters of Bhadrak district. According to legend,the city derives its name from the Goddess Bhadrakali,whose temple is on the banks of the Salandi River.
Dhamnagar is a town and a notified area committee in Bhadrak district in the state of Odisha,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.
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.
Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.
Anubhav Mohanty is an Indian actor,politician,film producer,television personality and social activist who is known for his work majorly in Odia language films. Mohanty has also worked in Bengali films. Mohanty has a significant fan following especially in Odisha.
Dhamnagar is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Bhadrak district,Odisha.
Balabhadra Majhi is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament from Nabarangpur. He was also 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.
Ladu Kishore Swain was an Indian politician who was the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Aska in the Indian state of Odisha. He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He was a member of the Legislative Assembly of Odisha.
Prabhas Kumar Singh is an Indian politician. He was Member of Parliament for Bargarh constituency in Odisha,which he represented in the 16th Lok Sabha from 2014 to 2019. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal. He was elected in 2014 by a margin of 11,178 votes,or 1.01% of the votes cast.
The 2019 Odisha assembly election,held between April 11 and April 29,was the 16th quinquennial legislative assembly election to elect 147 MLAs to the 16th legislative assembly of Odisha. Covering 147 constituencies across four phases,the polls coincided with the Lok Sabha elections. Vote counting for the assembly election took place on May 23,concluding before the previous Odisha Assembly's term expiration on June 11.
Pramila Bisoyi is an Indian politician who was the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Aska and hails from Chermaria village of Aska block in Ganjam district,Odisha. She has studied up to class 3. Bisoi has been a representative for Mission Shakti,the women's SHG movement of Odisha. She advocates for women's participation in civil society,and has been involved in ensuring their employment. She has been a part of SHG movement for over 18 years. She got married at the age of five in a child marriage.
Sarmistha Sethi is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Jajpur,Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal.
Chandrani Murmu is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Keonjhar,Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal. Chandrani Murmu is currently the youngest Indian Member of Parliament.
Suresh Kumar Pujari is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Bargarh,Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2024,he contested Vidhan Sabha election instead of Lok Sabha election,and was elected to Odisha Vidhan Sabha from Brajarajnagar constituency.
Dr Rajashree Mallick is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Jagatsinghpur,Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal. She was earlier elected to the Legislative Assembly of Odisha from Tirtol in 2014.
Sanjib Kumar Mallick is an Indian politician who belongs to Odisha. He is active with Biju Janata Dal in Odisha politics. He was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Bhadrak constituency in the 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal. He defeated Pradip Nayak of Bharatiya Janata Party in a margin of 33,389 votes.
Avimanyu Sethi is an Indian politician from Bhandaripokhari,Odisha. He was elected as a Member of Parliament from Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency. He belongs to Bharatiya Janata Party.
