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.
Rairangpur is a city and a tehsil in the Mayurbhanj district of the state of Odisha,India. It is located 287 kilometres from the state capital Bhubaneswar,82 kilometres from the district headquarters of Baripada,and about 73 kilometres from Jamshedpur. Rairangpur is the second largest city in the Mayurbhanj district,a notable mining area of Odisha,producing iron-ore from the Gorumahisani,Badampahar,and Suleipat mines.
Dilip Ray is an Indian politician and hotelier from the state of Odisha. He was formerly Union Minister of Steel,Coal and Parliamentary Affairs. Ray is the only Odia parliamentarian to be part of the Ministry of three Prime Ministers. He is the founder and CMD of Mayfair Group of Hotels,largely based in eastern India.
Ramesh Chandra Majhi is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,lower house of the Parliament of India from Nabarangpur,Odisha in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal. He is Ex Cabinet Minister for ST &SC Development,Minorities &Backward Classes Welfare,Panchyatraj Department in Government of Odisha.
Shashi Bhusan Behera is an Indian politician from the Biju Janata Dal party. He is the Finance and excise minister of Odisha State. He was a former member of Rajya Sabha and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Odisha. Former General Secretary and Vice–President of State Yuva Biju Janata Dal,President Orissa Dalit Sena,Vice President Samatamancha,State Executive Member H.M.S.,General Secretary All Orissa Kaibarta Mahasangha,Founder Secretary of Cuttack Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital. Elected Member of National Telephone Advisory Committee in 2001 to 2002.
Bangriposi is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district,Odisha. Area of this constituency includes Bangriposi block,Shamakhunta block and Kuliana block.
Baripada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district,Odisha.
Jashipur is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district,Odisha.
Karanjia is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district,Odisha.
Morada is a Vidhan Sabha constituency of Mayurbhanj district,Odisha.
Sarat Kumar Kar was a politician and writer from Odisha,India. He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party.
Bishnu Charan Das was an Indian politician from the state of Odisha. He was a leader of the Biju Janata Dal and had previously contested seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jagatsinghpur seat.
Duryodhan Majhi was an Indian politician.
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 and secretary in charge of “Women Empowerment”for BJD.
Pratap Jena is an Indian politician and the Former Cabinet Minister in the Sixteenth Odisha Legislative Assembly with Panchayati Raj &Drinking Water,Law,Housing &Urban Development portfolios (2019–2022). 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.
Amar Patnaik is a former Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS) officer under the Comptroller &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.
Padmini Dian is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Odisha Vidhan Sabha from Kotpad constituency,Odisha,in the 2019 Indian general election as a member of the Biju Janata Dal. She is currently serving in the Odisha Legislative Assembly as Minister for Textiles,Handlooms &Handicrafts.
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,acting Treasurer of Biju Janta Dal and General Secretary of Biju Sramika Samukhya. Previously he has also been member of Rajya Sabha from Odisha 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.
Basanti Hembram is an Indian politician representing the Biju Janta Dal party. She was elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly in 2019 from Karanjia,Odisha and won by 8763 votes. In January 2021,villagers from Kadamodaka village stopped her convoy and made her walk 7 km to inspect the damage done by elephants in the area. However,she later said that she herself stopped to inquire and know more about the problems.
Kamala Das is an Indian politician from Odisha. She was a former member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly representing the Bhograi Assembly constituency and served as minister for Education &Youth Services,Health &Family Welfare,Woman and Child Development in Biju Patnaik and Naveen Patnaik Ministry.
