Pratap Keshari Deb

Politician from Odisha, India

Pratap Keshari Deb
Member: Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2019
Preceded byDevendra Sharma (Congress)
ConstituencyAul
MP of Rajya Sabha for Odisha
Preceded byBishnu Charan Das, BJD
ConstituencyOdisha
Personal details
Born (1972-10-16) 16 October 1972 (age 51)
NationalityIndian
Political partyBJD
ParentLt. Sarat Kumar Deb (Father)[1]
Alma materB.A. from Ramjas College, 12th from Rajkumar College, Raipur [2]
ProfessionSocial Work, Agriculture, Pisci Culture [3]

Pratap Keshari Deb (birth: 16 October 1972) is an Indian politician from the state of Odisha. In May 2017, he won a bypoll to the Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha constituency which was vacated by Bishnu Charan Das when he was appointed chairman of Odisha State Planning Board. Pratap Deb filed a nomination and won the seat uncontested on 18 May 2017. He will complete the remainder of his term until 1 July 2022.[4][5]

Pratap Keshari Deb is a member of 16th Assembly of Odisha (2019 - 2024) elected from Aul . Deb had defeated his nearest Congress rival Devendra Sharma by a margin of 55,601 votes.[6] He was inducted into Naveen Patnaik's Cabinet as Industries, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Energy Minister in June 2022.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Pratap Keshari Deb(Criminal & Asset Declaration)". myneta.info. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Pratap Keshari Deb". MP Track by PRS Legislative Research. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  3. ^ "Pratap Keshari Deb(Criminal & Asset Declaration)". myneta.info. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. ^ "BJD's Pratap Deb elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". business-standard.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Naveen Patnaik announces Pratap Keshari Deb as BJD nominee for Rajya Sabha". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Senior BJD leader Pratap Keshari Deb resigns from Rajya Sabha". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Portfolios of newly-inducted ministers in Odisha". 5 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
Rajya Sabha
Preceded by
Bishnu Charan Das
Member of Parliament
in Rajya Sabha for Odisha

2017 –
Succeeded by
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State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by
Devendra Sharma (INC)
Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
from Aul (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

2019–
Succeeded by
successor


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