Sarat Pattanayak Explained

Sarat Pattanayak
Birth Date:1956 12, df=y
Birth Place:Saintala, Odisha, India
Office:President
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee
Term Start:23 May 2022
Predecessor:Niranjan Patnaik
Termstart1:2001
Termend1:2004
Predecessor1:Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Successor1:Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Office2:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Term Start2:1991
Term End2:1998
Constituency2:Balangir, Odisha
Predecessor2:Balgopal Mishra
Successor2:Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
Party:Indian National Congress
Spouse:Namita Pattanayak
Source:https://sansad.in/ls/members/biography/3563?from=amembers&former=1&profileURL=https://lssapi.nic.in/MemberProfile/biodata_1_12/3563.htm

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]

Early life, education and career

Son of Jugul Pattanayak, born on 15 August 1956 in a Hindu Karana family, 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.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: India. Parliament. House of the People. Lok Sabha Debates. 11 November 2019. 1997. Lok Sabha Secretariat.. 3.
  2. Book: India Today. 11 November 2019. 1996. Aroon Purie for Living Media India Limited. 69.
  3. Book: 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. 11 November 2019. 2000. Election Commission of India. 676.
  4. Web site: lsor02 . 2022-06-12 . loksabhaph.nic.in.
  5. Web site: Party presidents suffer defeat in Odisha assembly polls . The Economic Times . 5 June 2024 . 10 June 2024.