Pyarimohan Mohapatra Politician

Pyarimohan Mohapatra (born 25 January 1940), is a politician from the Odisha Jana Morcha, a member of the Parliament of India representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He was the political advisor of Naveen Patnaik. He started his career as an IAS officer and was principal secretary to Biju Patnaik. He was considered as the mastermind and the proxy leader of the Biju Janata Dal.He was suspended from the Biju Janata Dal, following an alleged coup attempt against Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in June 2012, while the chief minister was in London. BJD MP Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, resigned as the party’s parliamentary group leader in Rajya Sabha on 4 August 2012.He attributed his resignation to absence of communication between him and BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.

Personal facts

Birth dateJanuary 25, 1940
Birth place
Angul district , Odisha , Talcher
Residence
Bhubaneswar

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Office holder

officeMember: Rajya Sabha
party
Odisha Janmorcha
region
Odisha

Topical connections

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Pyarimohan Mohapatra on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1947
  2. http://india.gov.in/govt/rajyasabhampbiodata.php?mpcode=1947