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 2021,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.
Angul is a town and a municipality and the headquarters of Angul district in the state of Odisha,India. Angul has an average elevation of 195 m (640 ft) above sea level. The total geographical area of the district is 6232 km2. From the point of view of area it stands 11th among the 30 Districts of Odisha.
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.
Tathagata Satpathy was a member of the 12th,14th,15th and 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Dhenkanal constituency of Odisha,and was re-elected for the fourth time in 2014. He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party,and the party's chief whip in the Lok Sabha. He took voluntary retirement from politics in March 2019. He is not an active politician ever since.
Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.
Aska Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.
Nabarangpur Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India.
Berhampur is a Lok Sabha parliamentary constituency in Odisha.
Anubhav Mohanty is an Indian actor,film producer,television personality and politician.
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.
Arka Keshari Deo is an Indian politician. He is elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Kalahandi constituency in Odisha. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. Arka joined BJD in 2013 after death of his father Bikram Keshari Deo.
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.
Rama Chandra Hansdah is an Indian politician. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Mayurbhanj constituency in Odisha. He had left Nationalist Congress Party and joined Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in June 2012 along with other three NCP MLAs. He is a former member of Legislative Assembly of Odisha.He was arrested by CBI on 4 November 2014 for his alleged involvement in chit fund scam.
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.
Rabindra Kumar Jena is an Indian politician. He was working as Managing Director,Balasore Alloys Ltd. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Balasore constituency in Odisha. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. In May 2019 Parliamentary Elections,he was defeated by Pratap Sarangi of BJP by a small margin His activity in the parliament in terms of attendance,debate participation and number of questions asked and bills raised is among the highest
Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh,popularly known as "Rani Maa Nayagarh" is an Indian politician. She is the BJP Odisha State Vice President. She was a Member of Parliament elected for the 16th Lok Sabha by-election as a member of the BJD. She is from Nayagarh in Odisha state,India,and is the wife of the former MP Hemendra Chandra Singh. She resigned from BJD and joined BJP on March 23,2019.
