Balabhadra Majhi

Indian politician

Balabhadra Majhi

Member: 16th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 2014-2019
Preceded by	Pradeep Kumar Majhi
Succeeded by	Ramesh Chandra Majhi
Constituency	Nabarangpur

Personal details
Born	(1961-02-09)9 February 1961 Phataki, Nabarangpur district
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party(2019-)
Other political affiliations	Biju Janata Dal (2014-2019)
Spouse	Amrita Majhi
Children	Ritu Kumari, Samyak
Residence(s)	Phataki, Nabarangpur district
Education	B.Sc. (Engineering)-Civil
Alma mater	NIT Rourkela
Profession	Social Worker, Ex-Railway Servant

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 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 in 2014 Indian general election, Biju Janata Dal denied a ticket to him. He joined Bhartiya Janta Party in March 2019 and was given ticket from the same constituency but lost to state minister Ramesh Chandra Majhi of Biju Janata Dal.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "h Trends". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
^ "BALABHADRA MAJHI : Bio, Political life, Family & Top stories". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
^ "BJD turncoat to take on Naveen Mantri in ST seat". Times of India. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^ "Two days after leaving BJD, MP Balabhadra Majhi joins BJP". Times of India. Retrieved 8 September 2020.