Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain (born 25 October 1953) was a member of the

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. He had represented the Balasore constituency of

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and was a member of the

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(

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) political party. He is the founder of the new political party

Utkal Bharat Mahameghabahan Aira Kharabela Swain (born 25 October 1953) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He had represented the Balasore constituency of Odisha and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP) political party. He is the fo ...

. He resigned from

Party and Rejoin

in March 2019 in the presence of central Minister

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Utkal Bharat

Utkal Bharat was a

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. Kharbela Swain is its founder and was its president. Utkal Bharat was formed on 2 February 2010. After its formation, the party has faced Athagarh bypoll election with the candidate named "Bratati Chatterjee", then panchayat, municipality, and general election as well.''Business Standard''.
Ama Odisha, Utkal Bharat form alliance
' Together with the

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, Utkal Bharat sought an alliance with the

for the

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. However, no deal was reached with the BJP. Afterward, Utkal Bharat and Aama Odisha Party formed an alliance of their own, deciding to contest elections jointly on the earthen pot symbol (allotted to the Aama Odisha Party by the

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). Including the party, BJP declared ''mahamenta'' (a grand alliance) in Odisha,

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and Chandan Mitra came to Odisha to declare the alliance and talk held between Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain,

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, Arun Jaitley, Chandan Mitra, Braja Tripathy and other BJP leaders but after arriving at Delhi they broke the alliance. The party Utkal Bharat says there held an agreement between BJD and BJP government. After the general election, the party gave 67 candidates in Jilla Parishad elections but did not win any seats. Now the party has organised "Odisha Bhagya Pariwartan Yatra" to reach near the people of Odisha. Later on, the party leader returned to BJP in 2019 election.

References

*https://odishasuntimes.com/utkal-bharat-founder-kharavela-swain-returns-to-bjp-in-odisha/

External links

Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website
* 1953 births Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Odisha India MPs 1999–2004 India MPs 2004–2009 Lok Sabha members from Odisha People from Balasore People from Bhadrak district Candidates in the 2014 Indian general election India MPs 1998–1999 {{Odisha-BJP-politician-stub