
Pratap Chandra Sarangi
Union Minister of State, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Ministry of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, MP, BJP, Gopinathpur, Nilagiri, Balasore, Odisha, India.
Pratap Chandra Sarangi is the current Union Minister of State in the Government of India for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Pratap is the Member of Parliament, 17th Lok Sabha from Balasore Constituency. He is a Politician from Balasore, Odisha, and serves as a National Executive member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Early life and education:
Pratap Chandra Sarangi was born on 4 January 1955 to Late Gobinda Chandra Sarangi & Siddheswari Sarangi in the village of Gopinathpur, Nilagiri, Balasore, Odisha. He completed his bachelor’s of Art(B.A) degree at Fakir Mohan College, Balasore under Utkal university in 1975.
Since his childhood, Sarangi was a spiritual seeker. He wanted to become a monk of the Ramakrishna Math. He made several visits to Belur Math, the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Order in Howrah, West Bengal. The monks of the Math discussed with Sarangi about his desire and examined his biodata. They came to know that Sarangi’s widowed mother was alive. They insisted that he should go back and serve her. After his return to his village, he became involved in various social activities.
Political Career:
Sarangi started his political career as the President of Akhila Bharatiya Amritavanee Seva Pratisthanam(ABVP). He was the President of Nikhilotkal Samskruta Mahamandalam and All Odisha Sanskrit College teachers Association. He was the State President of Bajrang Dal, Odisha.
He was the Joint General Secretary of VHP Odisha State Unit. He was the Working President of hreeramajanmabhumi Japa yoga Samiti from VHP, Odisha. He selected as a General Secretary of Akhil Bharat Gobansha Rakshyana Sambardhan Parishad(ABVP), Odisha.
Pratap was the Founder Secretary of the Vivekananda Study Circle, Nilgiri. He was elected as a Vice-President of BJP Odisha. He was the National Executive Member of BJP, Odisha.
Initially, Sarangi served as a District level Volunteer of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) and also worked for the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal. He opened schools for the poor called Samar Kara Kendra, under the Gana Shiksha Mandir Yojana in tribal villages in Balasore and Mayurbhanj District also spending the major portion of his MLA pension to support the education of poor children in his area.
Later Pratap Chandra joined the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP). In 2004, Pratab elected as an MLA from Odisha Legislative Assembly, Nilagiri Constituency.
From 2004-2009, He appointed as a Member of the House Committee on Cooperatives and Committee on Members’ Amenities. He was selected as a Member of the Committee on Petitions. He elected as a Member of the Standing Committee (IV) on School And Mass Education, Higher Education, Sports And Youth Service, Science, And Technology, Information Technology. Pratap was the Member of the House Committee on Cyclone/Flood and Public Account Committee
In 2009, Pratab elected as an MLA from Odisha Legislative Assembly, Nilagiri Constituency of BJP. From 2009-2014, Pratap was the Member of the House Committee on Linguistic Minorities and was the Member of the Committee on Members’ Amenities.
He was the Member of the Committee on Petitions and was the Member of Standing Committee (IV) on School And Mass Education, Higher Education, Sports And Youth Service, Science And Technology, Information Techno.
His main part of his life is as a Head Clerk in Nilgiri College, Nilgiri, Balasore, Odisha. He also contested in the 2014 Indian general election from Balasore, Lok Sabha constituency as a BJP candidate, which he lost.
He contested again in the 2019 Indian general election from Balasore, Lok Sabha constituency as a BJP candidate, in which he defeated the Biju Janata Dal candidate and sitting MP, Rabindra Kumar Jena, by a margin of 12,956 votes.
In May 2019, Sarangi became Union Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries.
taking charge as the Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, in the presence of Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, in New Delhi on June 04, 2019.
Initially, Sarangi served as a district-level volunteer of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and also worked for the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal. He opened schools for the poor called Samar Kara Kendra, under the Gana Shiksha Mandir Yojana in tribal villages in Balasore and Mayurbhanj District also spending the major portion of his MLA pension to support the education of poor children in his area.
He contested again in the 2019 Indian general election from Balasore, Lok Sabha constituency as a BJP candidate, in which he defeated the Biju Janata Dal candidate and sitting MP, Rabindra Kumar Jena, by a margin of 12,956 votes.
In May 2019, Sarangi became Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Animal Husbandry, Dairying, and Fisheries.
Literary, Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments:
Contributor to Odia and Sanskrit Newspapers and Magazines; Special interest in reading books and articles related to Philosophy, World Affairs, Science and Technology, and our glorious Cultural Heritage
Social And Cultural Activities:
Opened schools, Samskara Kendra in hundreds of tribal villages under Gana Shiksha Mandir Yojana in Balasore and Mayurbhanj district of Odisha; inspired social awareness and campaign against liquor, corruption, social injustice, and atrocities against vulnerable communities; provided medical assistance to poor and needy patients; delivered motivational talks to students in educational institutions and participated in spiritual debates and discourses
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Born in Gopinathpur
Balasore, Odisha
Completed Graduation B.A
at Fakir Mohan College, Balasore under Utkal university
President of ABVP
President
of Nikhilotkal Samskruta Mahamandalam and All Odisha Sanskrit College teachers Association.
State President of Bajrang Dal
Odisha.
Joint General Secretary
of VHP Odisha State Unit.
Working President
of the hreeramajanmabhumi Japa yoga Samiti from VHP, Odisha.
General Secretary
of Akhil Bharat Gobansha Rakshan Samvardhan Parishad(ABVP), Odisha
Founder Secretary of Vivekananda Study Circle
Nilgiri, Odisha
Vice-President of BJP
Odisha
National Executive Member
of BJP, Odisha.
District level Volunteer
of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS)
Joined in the BJP
MLA
from Odisha Legislative Assembly, Nilagiri Constituency of BJP
Member of House Committee
on Cooperatives and Committee on Members’ Amenities, Petitions.
Member of Standing Committee (IV)
on School And Mass Education, Higher Education, Sports & Youth Service, Science And Technology, Information Technology and Cyclone/Flood and Public Account Committee
MLA
from Odisha Legislative Assembly, Nilagiri Constituency of BJP.
Member of House Committee
on Linguistic Minorities and Members’ Amenities.
Member of Standing Committee (IV)
Member of the Committee on Petitions & on School And Mass Education, Higher Education, Sports And Youth Service, Science And Technology, Information Techno.
MP, 17th Lok Sabha
from Balasore, Lok Sabha constituency as a BJP
Union Minister of State
for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.
Attended District Level Procurement Committee meeting & reviewed the preparedness for procurement of paddy for the KMS 2020-21 at Balasore. pic.twitter.com/9j66HkwmKz
— Pratap Sarangi (@pcsarangi) November 13, 2020
Today laid the foundation stone along with Nilgiri MLA Sri Sukant Nayak for the development of 20km road from Mitrapur to Rajbarhampur funded under NABARD amounting Rs.19 cr.
— Pratap Sarangi (@pcsarangi) November 11, 2020
Modi Govt is giving it's hard-hit efforts towards the development of road infrastructure all across india pic.twitter.com/rL1SjZhJ4i
ॐ त्र्यम्बकं यजामहे सुगन्धिं पुष्टिवर्धनम् |
— Pratap Sarangi (@pcsarangi) November 10, 2020
उर्वारुकमिव बन्धनान्मृत्योर्मुक्षीय माऽमृतात् || pic.twitter.com/eT0MHO7u3J
Had the opportunity to speak about the Central Govt’s initiatives for entrepreneurship development of women at the Women Business Leadership Conference 2020. pic.twitter.com/sqYcnx6Fvt
— Pratap Sarangi (@pcsarangi) November 7, 2020