Basant Kumar Biswal (August 23, 1936 – September 7, 2003) was a politician belonging to the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

party from

Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...

. He was Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha. He was member of the legislative assembly from Tirtol assembly constituency and was Vice-President of the

Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee The Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Odisha. It is responsible for organizing and coordinating the party's activities and campaigns within the state, as well as selecting candidates fo ...

. He had two sons,

Ranjib Biswal Ranjib Biswal (born 21 September 1970) is a former Indian cricketer and the former Chairman of Indian Premier League. He played domestic cricket for the Odisha and represented India in Under-19 cricket, Captaining the side against Pakistan in fo ...

a former cricketer, manager of the

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and Chairman of Indian Premier League, as well as a

Rajya Sabha The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...

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for

, as part of the Indian National Congress party. His second son Chiranjib Biswal is a Congress MLA from Jagatsinghpur assembly constituency and deputy opposition leader of the Odisha assembly.

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Basant Kumar Biswal MLA Profile
1936 births 2003 deaths Odisha MLAs 1990–1995 Place of birth missing Deputy chief ministers of Odisha Indian National Congress politicians People from Jagatsinghpur district Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha Odisha MLAs 1995–2000 {{Odisha-INC-politician-stub