Party Name : Biju Janata Dal
Constituency : Cuttack
State : Odisha
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 6 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 17
Father's Name : Dr. Harekrushna Mahtab
Mother's Name : Smt. Subhadra Mahtab
Date of birth : 08 Sep 1957
Profession : Journalist Writer
Positions held :
1998 Elected to 12th Lok Sabha1998-99 Member, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Standing Committee on External AffairsMember, Central Advisory Board of EducationMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of TourismMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee on the functioning of Wakf Boards1999 Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)1999-2004 Member, Committee of PrivilegesMember, Public Accounts Committee Member, Standing Committee on Commerece Member, Standing Committee on LabourMember, Standing Committee on Communications and Information TechnologyMember, Joint Committee on the Central Vigilance Commission Bill, 19992000-2004 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture2004 Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 3rd term)Member, Standing Committee on Finance2004-2005 Member, Committee on EstimatesMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and Ministry of Culture2005-2006 Member, Committee on Public Accounts5 Aug. 2007 Member, Standing Committee on Finance1 May 2008 Member, Committee on Public AccountsMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Information & BroadcastingSpecial Invitee, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Panchayati RajMember, Youth Affairs & Sports and Development of North Eastern Region2009 Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (4th term)6 Aug. 2009 Member, Committee on Public Accounts31 Aug. 2009 Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Environment & ForestsMember, Standing Committee on Finance1 May 2010 Member, Committee on Public AccountsVice-President, India-Mexico Parliamentary Friendship GroupVice President, India-Cyprus Parliamentary Friendship GroupMember, India-Botswana Parliamentary Friendship GroupMember, Parliamentary Forum on Global Warming and Climate changeMay, 2014 Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (5th term)14 Aug. 2014 - 30 April 2016 Member, Public Accounts Committee1 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Rules CommitteeMember, Standing Committee on FinanceMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation15 Sep. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Ethics8 Oct. 2014 - 25 May 2019 Member, Committee on Installation of Potraits/Statues of National Leaders and Parliamentarians in Parliament House ComplexMember, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Maintenance of Heritage Character and Development of Parliament House Complex29 Jan. 2015 - 25 May 2019 Member, General Purposes Committee27 April 2015 - 25 May 2019 Chairperson, Railway Convention Committee (R.C.C.)13 May 2015 - 25 May 2019 Member, Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Second Amendment) Bill, 201515 July 2015 - 30 April 2016 Member, Sub-Group on other Miscellaneous Matters, Public Accounts Committee4 Sep. 2015 - 30 April 2016 Member, Sub-Committee-VI (XIX Commonwealth Games 2010) of the Public Accounts Committee (2015-16)11 May 2016 - 25 May 2019 Member, Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provision (Amendment) Bill, 201623 Sep. 2016 Member, Sub-Committee-VII (PPP Project) of Public Accounts Committee (2016-17)May, 2019 Re-elected to 17th Lok Sabha (6th term)26 June 2019 onwards Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha24 July 2019 - 30 April 2020 Member, Committee on Public Accounts13 Sept. 2019 onwards Chairperson, Standing Committee on Labour14 Sept. 2019 onwards Vice-President, Parliamentary Committee on Official LanguageMember, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Human Resource Development21 Nov. 2019 onwards Member, General Purposes Committee, Lok Sabha1 May 2020 onwards Member, Committee on Public Accounts
More Information :
Books Published
(i) Chalish Varshar Ganatantra; (ii) Dharma, Darshan, Drustikon; (iii) Diary-RU-Kiyadansa; (iv) Shesh-Prustha- Vol. I and Vol. II and Vol. III and (v) Walking into Twilight with Dignity
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
Organising literary and cultural meetings at Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur through Prajatantra Prachar Samiti, Bisuv Milan and Basant Milan, Indira Gandhi Memorial Library, Bhubaneswar and Subhadra Mahtab Library, Puri
Social And Cultural Activities
Organising farmers through Pragati Orissa Krushak Parishad; Chairman, Prajatantra Prachar Samiti the pioneering house of culture in Orissa; Managing Trustee, HKM Foundation; and Chairman Swadhinata Sangrami Sadan Trust
Special Interests
Cultural and literary activities, rural development and international understanding
Favourite Pastime and Recreation
Reading, writing and travelling
Countries Visited
Widely travelled; attended UN Summits at Copenhagen in Denmark and Rome in Italy; and 50th Anniversary of UN at New York in U.S.A.; visited U.S.A. through USIS; accompanied Prime Minister during his visit to Iran, Russia, Senegal, Tunisia and Venezuela; attended IXth and XIth NAM Conferences at Belgrade in Yugoslavia in 1989 and Cartegena in Columbia in 1995; and attended 52nd UNGA (United Nations General Assembly) in October 1998 as unofficial Member for two weeks representing Indian Mission in U.N.; visited Mexico as Member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation in May 2001; attended special session of UN for Children, as a member of Indian Parliamentary Delegation in May 2002; also attended 56th, 57th and 58th UN General Assembly as an unofficial delegate for two weeks representing Indian Mission in United Nations in October 2002, October 2003 and November 2004 respectively; participated in Commonwealth Parliamentary Union Workshop on "Right to Information" at Accra (Ghana) in July 2004; attended CPU at Fiji in Sept. 2007 as Indian Parliamentary Delegate; and attended IPU in Zeneva, Sept. 2008 as Indian Delegate; attended the 64th UNGA as an unofficial Indian delegate representing Indian Mission in United Nations; in Oct. 2009; led Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Dhaka to attend CPU-World Bank Institute sponsored Role of Public Accounts Committee in SAARC Countries in Nov. 2009; attended Climate Change Summit as Indian Delegate at Copenhagen in Dec. 2009. ; Member (i) Delegate France, Switzerland in 2010,(ii) Japan in 2011; (iii) New Zealand on Goodwill Mission in 2012 with Hon`ble Speaker, Lok Sabha; (iv) Member Parliamentary Delegate Australia, 2013; Led Indian Parliamentary Team to London to attend Commonwealth Countries` Oversight Committee workshop in 2013; Turkmenistan, Armenia on Goodwill Mission in 2014; (v) Vietnam with Hon`ble President of India 2014; Led Indian Parliamentary Delegation to WTO Conference, Geneva, 2015; Attended 70th Regular Session of UN General Assembly and Security Council Session in New York(USA) in September 2015; Attended 6th Westminster Workshop, Parliamentary Financial Oversight of Aid Effectiveness in House of Parliament in London( UK) in July, 2016; Member of Goodwill Delegation of Parliamentarians to Portugal and Spain in October, 2016; Indian Delegate represented India in Asian Parliamentary Assembly(APA) in Abu Dhabi(UAE), May 2017; Member of Goodwill Delegation of Parliamentarians to Sweden, Norway and Israel in June, 2017; Attended United Nations General Assembly in New York(USA in October, 2017; Attended Asian Parliamentary Assembly in Istanbul, Turkey in November, 2017; Accompanied Government Delegation to attend 11th Vishwa Hindi Sammelan in Mauritius in August, 2018; Represented India in Asian Parliamentary Assembly(APA) at Baghdad (Iraq) in September, 2019
Other Information
Actively participated in the All India Freedom Fighters Samiti; Head, Youth Wing of All India Freedom Fighters Samiti; and Chief Whip, Biju Janata Dal Parliamentary Party, 2004; Leader BJD Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha, since 2014; Leader BJD Parliamentary Party in Lok Sabha, 2014-2019; Received Outstanding Parliamentarian Award for 2017 from Hon`ble President of India on 1st August, 2018
