Prasanna Pattnaik

Prasanna Pattnaik
Member: Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office
March 1985 – March 1995
In office
March 1977 – March 1980
Constituency Kamakshyanagar
Personal details
Born Prasanna Pattnaik
(1948-06-01) 1 June 1948
Bhuban, Odisha, India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		 Janata Dal (1990-1995)
BJP (1985-1990)
Janata Party (1977-1984)
Spouse(s) Nalini Prabha Patnaik
Children Barnali Patnaik,
Mrunali Patnaik
Profession Politician, Social Worker
Religion Hindu

Prasanna Pattnaik (born 1 June 1948)[1] is an Indian politician and the first Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA of Odisha. He has been elected three times to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Kamakhyanagar constituency.[2] He worked to establish the BJP in Odisha during the 1980s, and rejoined the BJP along with his wife Nalini Prabha Patnaik in 2014, to further establish BJP in the 2014 Odisha Assembly elections.[3][4]

Early life

Prasanna Pattnaik was born in a small village Bhuban in Dhenkanal District of Indian State Odisha (Then Orissa). His father was Narayana Pattnaik. His interest in politics started from his student life.

Political career

Prasanna Pattnaik started his political career as a student leader. He actively took part in the JP Movement which took a momentum in 1974 and got arrested along with many leaders and this gave a start to his political career in Odisha Politics. He contested and Won the Legislative Assembly Seat from Kamakhyanagar constituency in the year 1977. Later, He joined Bharatiya Janata Party and played a vital role in establishing the party in Odisha by winning the only Legislative Assembly Seat for his party (Bharatiya Janata Party) from the same constituency, Kamakhayanagar in 1985 elections.Thus, he earned the distinction of being the First BJP MLA of Odisha and the only BJP representative in the Odisha Legislative Assembly then. He has contributed to the education system of his village (Bhuban and kamakhyanagar) by founding many schools and colleges.[5] Later he joined Janata Dal under the leadership of Sri. Biju Patnaik. He was elected for the third time from the same constituency in the year 1990. After facing defeat in 1995 Assembly elections, he took a sabbatical from politics. During this time, he worked as a social worker for the development of kamakhyanagar and Bhuban. After a long gap, Prasanna Pattnaik returned to active politics by re-joining BJP along with his wife, Nalini Prabha Patnaik and hundreds of followers in 2014. He contested for BJP from Kamakhyanagar in 2014 Odisha Assembly Elections.[6]

Legislative history

House Constituency Start End Party Notes
10th Vidhan Sabha Kamakshyanagar 1990 1995 Janata Dal[7]
9th Vidhan Sabha Kamakshyanagar 1985 1990 Bharatiya Janata Party[8] First BJP MLA in Odisha
7th Vidhan Sabha Kamakshyanagar 1977 1980 JNP[9]

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