Sarat Pattanayak

Sarat Pattanayak is an Indian politician hailing from Balangir in Odisha. He was elected to the 10th and 11th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India as a member of Parliament of the Indian National Congress party. He is currently serving as President of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee.[1][2][3]

Sarat Pattanayak
President
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee
Assumed office
23 May 2022
Preceded byNiranjan Patnaik
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1991–1998
Preceded byBalgopal Mishra
Succeeded bySangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
ConstituencyBalangir, Odisha
Personal details
Born (1956-12-23) 23 December 1956
Saintala, Odisha, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseNamita Pattanayak
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Early life, education and career

Son of Jugul Pattanayak, born on 15 August 1956, in Saintala near Balangir. He is married to Namita Pattanayak and together they have two daughters and a son. He has completed his bachelor's degree from Rajendra College, Balangir later on pursuing a law (LLB) degree from Gangadhar Meher College & Lajpat Rai Law College, Sambalpur.[4]

Having served as an elected Member of Lok Sabha in the then ruling P V Narasimha Rao government which gave him a close quarter view of the 1992 economic liberalisation in India, Sarat is currently serving as the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee's president.

References
  1. India. Parliament. House of the People (1997). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 3. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. India Today. Aroon Purie for Living Media India Limited. 1996. p. 69. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. Statistical Report on General Elections, 1999, to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha: Details for assembly segments of parliamentary constituencies, pt. 1. Andhra Pradesh to Maharashtra. pt. 2. Manipur to West Bengal & U.Ts. Election Commission of India. 2000. p. 676. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. "lsor02". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 12 June 2022.


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