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 2022,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.
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.
The 2009 Odisha Legislative Assembly election took place in April 2009,concurrently with the general election. The elections were held in the state in two phases. The results were declared on 16 May. Despite having recently separated from the Bharatiya Janata Party after an eleven-year partnership,the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) retained power in the Odisha State Assembly with a more convincing majority. Party chief Naveen Patnaik was formally re-elected as the BJD Legislature party leader on 19 May,thus paving the way for his third consecutive term as the Chief Minister of Odisha.
Ananga Udaya Singh Deo,also known as A U Singh Deo is a politician from Odisha,India. He is elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2014 from Odisha.
Pradip Kumar Amat is the former finance minister of Odisha,India.
Aulis a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Kendrapara district,Odisha.
Pratap Chandra Sarangi,was a Minister of State in the Government of India for Animal Husbandry,Dairying and Fisheries and Micro,Small and Medium Enterprises. He is a Politician from Balasore,Odisha and serves as a National Executive member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He won Odisha Legislative Assembly,two times:from 2004 to 2009 and from 2009 to 2014,both times from Nilagiri constituency.
Bijoy Mohapatra is a politician from Odisha. A leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party,he was Irrigation Minister of Odisha from 1990 to 1995 in the Biju Patnaik cabinet. He was the most powerful minister in Biju Patnaik's cabinet. He was four times MLA from Patkura Constituency of Kendrapara district. He won four straight elections in 1980,1985,1990 and 1995.
Anubhav Patnaik is an Indian politician currently serving as the Advisor to E &IT Department of Odisha Government in the rank of Minister of State. He was the sitting MLA from Khandapada constituency for the state assembly of Odisha from 2014-2019. He is the son of Late Arun Kumar Patnaik,an erstwhile MLA of the state assembly. He has also been appointed as spokesperson by the ruling party of Odisha,Biju Janata Dal.
Pratap Jena is an Indian politician and the Cabinet Minister in the Sixteenth Odisha Legislative Assembly with Panchayati Raj &Drinking Water,Law,Housing &Urban Development portfolios. He is elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly for the fifth consecutive time from Mahanga constituency of Kendrapara. He is also the General secretary of the farmers wing of Biju Janata Dal,Biju Krushak Janata Dal. Earlier,he had served as the Minister of School and Mass Education during his third term (2009–2012) and as the Minister of Health &Family Welfare,Law and Information &Public Relations in his fourth term (2017–2019) in the assembly.
Aul is a town and the headquarters of Aul CD Block and Aul Tehsil in Kendrapara district in the Indian state of Odisha. It is 17 km from Chandabali. Aul is surrounded by the river Kharasrota and Brahmani on north and south respectively. To its east is Bhitarkanika National Park.
2019 Rajya Sabha elections were held on 7 June,5 July and 18 July,to elect the retiring members of the Rajya Sabha,the Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect 2 members from Assam on 7 June 2019,as well as 6 members from Tamil Nadu on 5 July 2019.
Jagannath Saraka is a politician from Odisha. He is a member of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He represented the Bissamcuttack Vidhan Sabha constituency in 2014 and 2019 assembly elections.
Ashwini Vaishnaw is an Indian politician and former IAS officer currently serving as the Minister of Railways,Communications and Electronics &Information Technology in Government of India,since 8 July 2021. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In June 2019,he became a member of the Parliament of India representing Odisha State in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house. On 7 July 2021,he was appointed as a Cabinet Minister and was given the charge of Railways and Information Technology ministries. Earlier in 1994,Vaishnaw joined the Indian Administrative Service in the Odisha cadre,and has worked extensively in Odisha. Vaishnaw was born in Hindu Swami (Bairagi) Family.
Amar Patnaik is a former Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) officer under the Controller &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.
Sasmit Patra is an Indian politician and a member of the Biju Janata Dal. Since 28 June 2019,he is the member of the Parliament of India representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha,the upper house and appointed as chief whip of the party. He is currently Spokesperson of Biju Janata Dal. He is an Indian Christian. His father was Swarupananda Patra,the former president of the Odisha Minority Forum (OMF)..He has been renominated to the Rajya Sabha by Biju Janata Dal for the second time in May 2022.
Sujeet Kumar is an Indian politician of the Biju Janata Dal party and a Member of Parliament (MP),representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha. He earlier served at senior policy planning positions with Government of Odisha - as the Advisor,in the rank of Chief Secretary,to the Special Development Council (SDC) of the Government of Odisha and Special Secretary of the Odisha State Planning Board. He is a trained engineer,lawyer and a policy maker.
Subhash Chandra Singh is a social activist,people leader and policy maker from the State of Odisha,India. He is the first directly elected Mayor of Cuttack Municipal Corporation and member of Rajya Sabha from Odisha from Biju Janata Dal. He is the acting Treasurer of the party and has also served as National spokesperson for BJD. He was elected for Rajya Sabha on 24 March 2020. Being one of the most trusted senior leaders in BJD,he holds the position of Party Treasurer of Biju Janta Dal since 2016.
