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| Office | Member: 16th Lok Sabha
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|---|---|
| Term start | 2014-2019
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| Predecessor | Pradeep Kumar Majhi |
| Successor | Ramesh Chandra Majhi
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| Constituency | Nabarangpur
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| Born | 1961-02-09 |
| Born | Phataki, Nabarangpur district
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| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party(2019-) |
| Spouse | Amrita Majhi |
| Children | Ritu Kumari, Samyak |
| Alma mater | NIT Rourkela
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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.
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 in 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 2014 Indian general election, Biju Janata Dal denied a ticket to him. He joined Bhartiya Janta Party in March 2019 and was ticket from the same constituency but lost state minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi of Biju Janata Dal.[3][4]
See also
References
- ↑ h Trends. Election Commission of India.
- ↑ BALABHADRA MAJHI : Bio, Political life, Family & Top stories. The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
- ↑ BJD turncoat to take on Naveen Mantri in ST seat. Times of India.
- ↑ Two days after leaving BJD, MP Balabhadra Majhi joins BJP. Times of India.