Duryodhan Majhi (14 April 1938 – 11 January 2022) was an Indian politician.

Biography

Majhi was a member of the

Odisha Legislative Assembly The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Ass ...

from Khariar constituency in

Nuapada district Nuapada district is located in Odisha state in India. Nuapada town is the headquarters of the district. It has 1 Subdivision: Nuapada; five blocks: Khariar, Sinapali, Boden Block, Boden, Komna, Nuapada, Komna, and Nuapada. Nuapada District ha ...

. He was five times MLA from Khariar constituency. He was first elected to Odisha Legislative Assembly in 1990 as a member of

Janata Dal Janata Dal (“People’s Party”) was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions, the Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha united on 11 ...

and again in 1995. Later he was elected as a member of

Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party i ...

in 2000 and 2004 and as a member of

Bharathiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

in 2009. He served as Minister of State for Information and Public Relations, Minister of State for Health, Family Welfare Minister of Planning and Coordination and Minister of State for Science and Technology between 2000 and 2009. He resigned from Biju Janata Dal in 2014 and fought 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election from the ticket of BJP. He was elected as a MLA in 2014 election. Just before the Odisha Vidhan Sabha election in 2019, he resigned from Bharatiya Janata Party and rejoined Biju Janata Dal. Majhi died in Bhubaneswar on 11 January 2022, at the age of 83.

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1938 births 2022 deaths 21st-century Indian politicians People from Nuapada district Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Odisha Members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly Janata Dal politicians Biju Janata Dal politicians {{Odisha-BJD-politician-stub