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Pradip Purohit

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Pradeep Purohit
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office
2014–2019
Preceded byBijay Ranjan Singh Bariha
Succeeded byBijay Ranjan Singh Bariha
ConstituencyPadampur
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded bySuresh Pujari
ConstituencyBargarh
Personal details
Born
Pradeep Purohit

5 April 1964
Paikmal
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
SpousePratima Purohit
Parent(s)Radheshyam Purohit, Sulochana Purohit
Residence(s)Paikmal, Bargarh district
Education11th Pass
ProfessionCultivation
Source: [1]

Pradeep Purohit is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, from Bargarh in the 2024 National Election. Pradeep Purohit, the BJP candidate, has led his party to a triumphant 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 Bharatiya Janata Party.

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

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  1. ^ My Neta
  2. ^ BJP leaders meet, discuss Odisha's Bijepur, Patkura by-poll strategy
  3. ^ Fight to be tight in Padampur
  4. ^ Bargarh Election Result 2024, Times of India
  5. ^ India Today (13 July 2024). "Farmer leaders | A harvest of ambitions". Archived from the original on 8 November 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.