Pinaki Misra [SEP] occupation
Pinaki Misra
Pinaki Misra (born 23 October 1959) is an Indian politician, currently with Biju Janata Dal. He is a member of the Indian Parliament, and currently represents Puri (Lok Sabha constituency).
In 1996 he contested as the Congress candidate for Puri Lok Sabha seat and won over Braja Kishore Tripathy, the then Puri MP and Union Minister.
See also.
- Indian general election, 2014 (Odisha)
- Indian general election, 2009 (Odisha)
In 2019 General Election,
the spokesperson for Delhi unit of BJP. In the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections in 2014, he campaigned for BJP and gained visibility on national television. When BJP rose to power, Sambit Patra became its national spokesperson. In 2017, Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) appointed him as a non-official director of ONGC.
Patra contested for the Puri Lok Sabha seat in the 2019 Indian general election and lost to sitting BJD MP Pinaki Misra by 11,700 votes.