The Biju Janata Dal is an Indian regional political party with great 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 and writer serving as the current and 15 Chief Minister of Odisha representing the Hinjili Assembly constituency since 2000. He is the longest-serving chief minister of Odisha and as of 2023,one of the longest-serving chief ministers of any Indian state,holding the post for over two decades,and only the second Indian chief Minister after Pawan Chamling to win five consecutive terms as Chief Minister of an Indian state. 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.
Padampur is a town and a notified area in Bargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha.
The government of the Indian state of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive,led by the Governor of Odisha,a judiciary,and a legislative branch.
Melchhamunda is a town in Bargarh district in the Indian state Odisha. It is situated 21 km from Padampur and 60 km from Bargarh on the Padampur state highway. Buddhist relics have been found at Ganiapali 10 km from the village,and it is identified with ancient Muchalinda,which is said to be a centre of Buddhist learning. The Bhoi Family are the head of the village.
Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 21 Lok Sabha parliamentary constituencies in Odisha state in eastern India. This constituency came into existence in 2008 as a part of the implementation of delimitation of parliamentary constituencies based on the recommendations of the Delimitation Commission of India in 2002. Before 2008,some of the constituencies were in Deogarh.
Maharaja Sir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo KCIE was an Indian politician and the last ruler of the princely state of Patna in Odisha before Indian independence in 1947. He was the President of the Ganatantra Parishad political party from 1950 to 1962 and the President of the Odisha state unit of the Swatantra Party after its merger with the Ganatantra Parishad in 1962. He was the Chief Minister of Orissa from 1967 to 1971.
The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar,the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Assembly. Out of total 147 Assembly Constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly,33 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 24 seats for the Scheduled Castes (SC). It was announced by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that the Sachivalaya or the Secretariat building in Bhubaneswar will be called Lok Seva Bhavan.
Thakurganj Assembly constituency is an assembly constituency in Kishanganj district in the Indian state of Bihar.
Padampur is a Assembly constituency of Bargarh district in Odisha State.
Karanpur (Assembly constituency) is one of constituencies of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly in the Ganganagar (Lok Sabha constituency).
Paikmal is a town in Bargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha.
Jharbandh is a town in Bargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha. Jharbandh comes under the padmapur Vidhan Sabha in Odisha state and is under the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency in India
Bhandarpuri is a village in Bargarh district in the Indian state of Odisha.
Satibhata Airstrip also known as Padmapur Airstrip,is located 6 km from the Padmapur city center in western Odisha,India. Nearest airport to this airstrip is Raipur's Swami Vivekananda Airport in the state of Chhattisgarh. The airport serves Padmapur city in the Bargarh district of Odisha.
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.
Barsha Singh Bariha is an Indian politician from the Biju Janata Dal representing the Padampur constituency in the Odisha Legislative Assembly.
