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Pratap Keshari Deb

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Pratap Keshari Deb
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
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 52)
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

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  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 Member of Parliament
in Rajya Sabha for Odisha

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

2019–
Succeeded by
successor