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Jagannath Saraka
Cabinet Minister
Incumbent
Assumed office
29 May 2022
Personal details
Political partyBiju Janata Dal
SpouseDamayanti Kilaka
EducationLaw Graduate
OccupationPolitician

Jagannath Saraka (Odia: ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ ସାରକା, born 10 June 1973) is a politician from Odisha. He is a member of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He represented the Bissamcuttack Vidhan Sabha constituency in 2014 and 2019 assembly elections.

Early life

Jagannath Saraka hails from Munda village under Jhigidi Post Office of Rayagada district. He started his career as an advocate after completing his law degree.

Political career

In 2014 assembly elections, he won from the Bissam cuttack Vidhan Sabha constituency by defeating Indian National Congress candidate Dambarudhar Ulaka by a margin of 29,186 votes. In 2019, he got elected again and became a minister of state of Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe development, Minorities and Backward classes welfare in the ministry of Naveen Patnaik.

References

  1. "MLA Jagannath Saraka Profile | BISSAM CUTTACK Constituency". naveenpatnaik.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. "List of Ministers in Naveen Patnaik's Cabinet". www.thehindu.com. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  3. "Rayagada". www.rayagada.nic.in. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  4. "Jagannath Saraka".
  5. "Constituency Wise odisha Assembly Election result 2014". Leadtech.in. Archived from the original on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014.

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State Legislative Assembly
Preceded byDambarudhara Ulaka (INC) Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
from Bissam Cuttack (Vidhan Sabha constituency)
2009– 		Incumbent
Rayagada district
Constituencies
Towns and villages
Other districts


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