Party Name : Indian National Congress
Constituency : Bhadrak-SC
State : Orissa
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
More Information :
Positions Held : 1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments : Contributed several articles on various issues to local lectures and won prizes in various debates and elocution contests during college days Social and Cultural Active in political, social and cultural arena since Activities student days; associated with social organisations, like 'Society for Weaker Community'-working for reforms in old traditions and Village Development Organisation for rural development; early child education and upliftment of rural poor; established an educational institution 'Saheed Smruti Mahavidyalaya' in Bhadrak to provide education to poor villagers
Special Interests : Service to the community and nation; striving for the upliftment of the poor, securing social justice for the oppressed and also for the preservation and enrichment of social, cultural traditional and spiritual values of Indian life
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Study of literature, social service, lectures on specific topics, working for the cause of poor and down-trodden
Sports and Clubs : Rotary Club, Bhadrak
Other Information : Belongs to Freedom Fighter's family whose members took active part in the freedom struggle (including Quit India Movement in 1942)and were arrested several times; worked as a Junior Engineer/Assistant Engineer under the Department of Rural Development in Orissa 1974-1987; and always tried to devise new methods of technology for agriculture for increasing productivity; organised rural workers in a non-organised sector for social justice and for hike in their daily wages; propagated self-employment methods to people of rural and semi-urban areas
Election Result : Bhadrak-SC Lok Sabha constituency Total electorate 11,29,875 Total votes polled 7,22,571 Votes polled in favour of the first four leading candidates: (1) Shri Muralidhar Jena (I.N.C.) 3,36,265 (2) Shri Ratha Das (J.D.) 2,71,693 (3) Shri Bishnu Charan Sethy (B.J.P.) 96,566 (4) Shri Sridhar Jena (Ind.) 3,714
