Balabhadra Majhi

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.

Balabhadra Majhi
Member: 16th Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2014-2019
Preceded byPradeep Kumar Majhi
Succeeded byRamesh Chandra Majhi
ConstituencyNabarangpur
Personal details
Born(1961-02-09)9 February 1961
Phataki, Nabarangpur district
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party(2019-)
Other political
affiliations		Biju Janata Dal (2014-2019)
SpouseAmrita Majhi
ChildrenRitu Kumari, Samyak
Residence(s)Phataki, Nabarangpur district
EducationB.Sc. (Engineering)-Civil
Alma materNIT Rourkela
ProfessionSocial Worker, Ex-Railway Servant

Career

He graduated in B.Sc. (Engineering)-Civil,[2] from NIT Rourkela and served as a Chief Executive Engineer in the Railways until 2014, when he resigned from government service where 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 2014 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. "h Trends". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
  2. "BALABHADRA MAJHI : Bio, Political life, Family & Top stories". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. "BJD turncoat to take on Naveen Mantri in ST seat". Times of India. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
  4. "Two days after leaving BJD, MP Balabhadra Majhi joins BJP". Times of India. Retrieved 8 September 2020.


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