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Balabhadra Majhi

Balabhadra Majhi

Indian politician

Balabhadra Majhi is an Indian politician. He was elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Nabarangpur constituency in Odisha.[1] He is a member of the Bhartiya Janta Party since March 2019.

Quick Facts Member: 16th Lok Sabha, Preceded by ...

Career

He graduated in B.Sc. (Engineering)-Civil,[2] from NIT Rourkela and served as a Chief Engineer in Indian Railways until 2014, when he resigned from government service (wherein he had 7 years remaining for retirement) to contest the Lok Sabha elections for his constituency.

He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal political party and elected to the 16th Lok Sabha in 2014 from Nabarangpur constituency as member of the Biju Janata Dal candidate. But in 2019 Indian general election, Biju Janata Dal denied a ticket to him. He joined Bhartiya Janta Party in March 2019 and was given ticket from the same constituency but lost to state minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi of Biju Janata Dal.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "h Trends". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. [2]
    "BALABHADRA MAJHI : Bio, Political life, Family & Top stories". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. [3]
    "BJD turncoat to take on Naveen Mantri in ST seat". Times of India. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Two days after leaving BJD, MP Balabhadra Majhi joins BJP". Times of India. Retrieved 8 September 2020.


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