Pranab Prakash Das | |
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Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
In office 2009–2024 | |
Preceded by | Parameswar Sethi |
Constituency | Jajpur |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 May 1972 |
Political party | Biju Janata Dal |
Parent(s) | Ashok Kumar Das (father) SandhyaRani Das (mother) |
Relatives | Bhabha Prasad Das (brother) Arindam Ray (brother in law) |
Profession | Politician |
Pranab Prakash Das is an Indian politician from Odisha. He was a three time elected Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2009,2014,and 2019,representing Jajpur Assembly constituency as a Member of the Biju Janata Dal. [1] [2] He is son of Ashok Kumar Das former MLA from Korei Assembly constituency.
Das was born on 4 May 1972 in a wealthy Zamindar Karan family to Ashok Kumar Das and SandhyaRani Das. [3] His father Ashok Das was close aide of Biju Patnaik &also former leader of opposition during Janaki Ballabh Patnaik's government. [4] Das's younger sister married to Arindam Ray,an actor turned politician and one of the highest paid actor in Ollywood industry. [5]
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Naveen Patnaik is an Indian politician and writer,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.
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