Rama Chandra Panda casually known as Rama Panda (born 15 June 1949) was a member of the 12th Odisha Legislative Assembly. He represented the Chhatrapur constituency of Odisha and is a member of the

Bhartiya 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 ...

(BJP) political party. He is a former Deputy Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly from 27 March 2000 to 6 February 2004.

Political career

He has joined Biju Janata Dal on 12 January 2017, under the leadership and in presence of

Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief min ...

. He was The National Vice-President of BJP Kisan Morcha of (2013-2015). He was the State Executive Member of BJP, Odisha Unit. Earlier he held these posts of Chairman of two Odisha State Public Undertakings namely Odisha Lift Irrigation Corporation and Odisha Agro Industries Corporation. He had quit from BJP, Odisha to join

Uma Bharti Uma Bharti (born 3 May 1959) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh. She became involved with the Bharatiya Janata Party at a young age, unsuccessfully contesting her first parliamentary elections in 1984. In 1989, s ...

Bharatiya Janshakti Party The Bharatiya Janshakti Party (Hindi: भारतीय जनशक्ति पार्टी, IAST: ''Bhāratiya Janaśakti Pārtī''; "Indian People's Power Party") was founded on 30 April 2006 in Ujjain in the state of Madhya Pradesh, Indi ...

on 30 April 2006. With

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, a former transport and corporation minister and two-time MLA from

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he had joined the above said party. Perhaps intervention by outside leaders in Ganjam District Organization was reason for his decision leaving the party. Later, almost after a year on 7 April 2007 he rejoined

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, after getting absolute majority by his supports in Gram Panchayat elections in Ganjam Block.

Social Activities

Earlier he also served as Part-time Law teacher in

Berhampur University Berhampur University is a Public teaching-cum-affiliating university in Brahmapur, Odisha, India inaugurated by former Governor of Odisha, Dr. A.N. Khosla. History Berhampur University was established on 2 January 1967 as an affiliating univ ...

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. He also served as member of Zonal Railway Users Consultative Committee, SE Railway. He attended the Commonwealth study program in the House of Commons, UK. He visited a number of countries namely Sri Lanka, UK, Singapore, Nepal, UAE, Saudi Arabia. He is also a trade union leader and has been fighting for the cause of labourers and industrial workers.

Bibliography

* ''ସୁଭାଷ ବାଦ : ଏକ ଅନ୍ତରଂଗ ଅଧ୍ୟୟନ (Subhash Bad : An intimate study)'' - Published by him on

on 23 January 2014 on the eve of

Subash Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose ( ; 23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945 * * * * * * * * *) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperia ...

's 118th birthday.http://sambadepaper.com/epapermain.aspx?edcode=10&eddate=1%2F23%2F2014&querypage=16#

References

External links

*http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/notices-to-centre-and-state-on-riverlinking/article1313522.ece *http://futureberhampur.blogspot.in/2012/04/state-urged-to-take-up-mahanadi.html *http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/centre-state-urged-to-take-up-river-linking-project/article2944751.ece *http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/steps-to-end-water-problem-sought/article1120259.ece {{DEFAULTSORT:Panda, Rama 1949 births Living people Odisha MLAs 2000–2004 Deputy Speakers of the Odisha Legislative Assembly People from Odisha National Democratic Alliance candidates in the 2014 Indian general election Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Odisha Bharatiya Janshakti Party politicians Biju Janata Dal politicians