Pradip Purohit
Pradeep Purohit | |
|---|---|
Official Portrait | |
| Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2014–2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha |
| Succeeded by | Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha |
| Constituency | Padampur |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| Assumed office 4 June 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Suresh Pujari |
| Constituency | Bargarh |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pradeep Purohit 5 April 1964 Paikmal |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Spouse | Pratima Purohit |
| Residence(s) | Paikmal, Bargarh district |
| Education | 11th Pass |
| Profession | Cultivation |
| Source: [1] | |
Pradeep Purohit is an Indian politician. He was elected to become the Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha representing Bargarh in the 2024 National Election. A candidate from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he has led his party to a win, securing a total of 251,667 votes which is the highest in Odisha in terms of vote margin.
He was also elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Padampur in the 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election as a member of the BJP.
In his early career, he started his social life with the "BALCO Hatao Gandhamardan Bachao" movement. He was the founder and coordinator of this andolan. Later, thousands of people from every village in the Padampur sub-division joined him, and he became a public figure.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ My Neta
- ^ BJP leaders meet, discuss Odisha's Bijepur, Patkura by-poll strategy
- ^ Fight to be tight in Padampur
- ^ Bargarh Election Result 2024, Times of India
- ^ India Today (13 July 2024). "Farmer leaders | A harvest of ambitions". Archived from the original on 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.