Sasmit Patra

Sasmit Patra
ସସ୍ମିତ ପାତ୍ର
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Assumed office
28 June 2019
ConstituencyOdisha
Personal details
NationalityIndian
Political partyBiju Janata Dal
ResidenceBhubaneswar
ProfessionPolitician

Sasmit Patra is an Indian politician and a member of the Biju Janata Dal. Since 28 June 2019, he is the member of the Parliament of India representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house[1] and appointed chief whip of the party.[2] He is currently Spokesperson of Biju Janata Dal . He is a Christian. His father was Swarupananda Patra, the former president of the Odisha Minority Forum (OMF).[3].He has been renominated to the Rajya Sabha by Biju Janata Dal for the second time in May 2022.

  1. ^ "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Shri Naveen Patnaik president Naveen Patnaik appointed Rajya Sabha MP Sasmit Patra as the chief whip of the party".
  3. ^ "Sasmit Patra New Head Of Odisha Minority Forum". The Sambad.

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