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Kapil Narayan Tiwari
Kapil Narayan Tiwari (4 June 1929 – 21 September 2022) was an Indian activist and politician who served in the Orissa Legislative Assembly from 1977 to 1980, representing the Khariar Assembly constituency. Initially elected as an independent, Tiwari joined the Indian National Congress (I) during his tenure in the assembly. Biography Education and activism Kapil Narayan Tiwari was born on 4 June 1929 in the town of Khariar, then part of the British Raj. After graduating from Raja Artatran High School, Tiwari began attending Sambalpur University in the late 1940s, where he became a student leader, serving as vice president of the students' union from 1948 to 1949. He then began attending Rajendra University, where he was president of the students' union from 1951 to 1952. In the 1960s, Tiwari, who was described as being "an ardent follower of Ram Manohar Lohia", became an activist. In 1965, Tiwari and MP Kishen Pattnaik filed a public interest litigation with the ...
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Orissa Legislative Assembly
The Odisha Legislative Assembly is the unicameral state legislature of Odisha state in India. The seat of the Legislative Assembly is at Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state. The Legislative Assembly comprises 147 Members of Legislative Assembly. Out of total 147 Assembly Constituencies of Odisha Legislative Assembly, 33 seats are reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) and 24 seats for the Scheduled Castes (SC). It was announced by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik that the Sachivalaya or the Secretariat building in Bhubaneswar will be called ''Lok Seva Bhavan''. History Sessions of Odisha Legislative Assembly & Speakers The following is the list of Odisha Legislative Assembly sittings: Leaders of Opposition Members of Legislative Assembly See also * Government of Odisha The government of the Indian state of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Odisha, a judiciary, and a legislative branch. Like other states in In ...
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Public Interest Litigation In India
The chief instrument through which judicial activism has flourished in India is public interest litigation (PIL) or social action litigation (SAL). ''Public interest litigation'' (PIL) refers to litigation undertaken to secure public interest and demonstrates the availability of justice to socially-disadvantaged parties and was introduced by Justice P. N. Bhagwati. It is a relaxation on the traditional rule of ''locus standi''. Before 1980s the judiciary and the Supreme Court of India entertained litigation only from parties affected directly or indirectly by the defendant. It heard and decided cases only under its original and appellate jurisdictions. However, the Supreme Court began permitting cases on the grounds of public interest litigation, which means that even people who are not directly involved in the case may bring matters of public interest to the court. It is the court's privilege to entertain the application for the PIL. History One of the earliest public interest ...
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Naveen Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief minister of Odisha and as of 2022, one of the longest-serving chief ministers of any Indian state, holding the post for over two decades, and only the third Indian chief Minister after Pawan Chamling and Jyoti Basu to win five consecutive terms as Chief Minister of an Indian state. Biography Patnaik was born on 16 October 1946 in Cuttack to Biju Patnaik, former Chief Minister of Odisha, and his wife, Gyan Devi . He was educated at the Welham Boys' School in Dehradun, and later The Doon School. At Doon, he was a classmate of Sanjay Gandhi and three years junior to Rajiv Gandhi, who later became prime minister. After school, he went to the St. Stephen's College of Delhi University, and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. Patnaik ...
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1990 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in February 1990 to elect members of the 147 constituencies in Odisha, India. The Janata Party won a majority of seats and Biju Patnaik was appointed as the Chief Minister of Odisha. The number of constituencies was set as 147 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India. Result Elected members See also *List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly * 1990 elections in India References {{Odisha elections Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sc ... State Assembly elections in Odisha 1990s in Orissa ...
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1985 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the Ninth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held in 1985. Constituencies The elections were held for 145 instead of 147 constituencies as a result of some candidates death contesting in Kakatpur and Keonjhar constituency. Out of 147 seats, 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 33 for Scheduled Tribes and 92 for unreserved seats. Contesting parties There are seven national parties CPI, INC, BJP, JNP, CPM, ICS and LKD, One state party ICJ three registered unrecognised party JKD, JMM and SUC and some Independent Politiciantook part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress emerged as the winner by winning 117 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the Chief Minister of Odisha and was replaced by Hemananda Biswal for the last few months of this assembly tenure. Biju Patnaik become the Leader of Opposition in the 9th Orissa Assembly. Results !colspan=10, , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political Party !! ...
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Duryodhan Majhi
Duryodhan Majhi (14 April 1938 – 11 January 2022) was an Indian politician. Biography Majhi was a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Khariar constituency in Nuapada district. He was five times MLA from Khariar constituency. He was first elected to Odisha Legislative Assembly in 1990 as a member of Janata Dal and again in 1995. Later he was elected as a member of Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the par ... in 2000 and 2004 and as a member of Bharathiya Janata Party in 2009. He served as Minister of State for Information and Public Relations, Minister of State for Health, Family Welfare Minister of Planning and Coordination and Minister of State for Science and Technology between 2000 and 2009. He resigned from Biju Janata Dal in 2014 and fought ...
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1980 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the 8th Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1980. Constituencies The elections were held for 147 constituencies, of which 22 were reserved for Scheduled Castes, 34 for Scheduled Tribes and 91 unreserved. Contesting parties There are eight national parties CPI, INC(I), INC(U), BJP, JNP, CPM, JNP(SC) and JNP(JP), Two stateparties FBL and RSP two registered unrecognised party JKD and SUC and some Independent Politiciantook part in this assembly election. Indian National Congress (I) emerged as the winner by winning 118 seats. Janaki Ballabh Patnaik become the Chief Minister and Sarat Deb become the Leader of Opposition in the 8th Orissa Assembly. Results !colspan=10, , - style="background-color:#E9E9E9; text-align:center;" ! class="unsortable" , ! Political Party !! Flag !! Seats Contested !! Won !! Net Change in seats !! % of Seats ! Votes !! Vote % !! Change in vote % , - style="background: #90EE90;" , , style="text-align:left;" , Indian Nation ...
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1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the seventh Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1977. Constituencies The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 604 candidates contested for these 147 seats. Political parties In 1974, Utkal Congress merged into Bharatiya Lok Dal to form Odisha Janata Party. Odisha Janata Party includes Indian National Congress (O) – where "O" stood for "Organisation" or "Old", Samyukta Socialist Party and the Bharatiya Jana Sangh had formed a coalition called the "Grand Alliance" to oppose Indira Gandhi and the Congress (R) and the alliance was named as Janata Party. Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress, and Janata Party took part in the assembly election. Government The Janata Party emerged again as the winner by winning 78% of the seats with a vote share of 49%. Nilamani Routray become the Chief Minister of the state. Results Winning candidates See also * 1977 elections in India * 1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly ...
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Independent Candidate
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ...
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1974 Odisha Legislative Assembly Election
Elections to the sixth Odisha Legislative Assembly were held 1974. Constituencies The elections were held for 147 seats. A total of 722 candidates contested for these 147 seats. Political parties Three national parties, Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress and Swatantra Party along with the state party Utkal Congress took part in the assembly election. Congress party emerged again as the winner by winning 50% of the seats with a vote share of 37.44%. Nandini Satpathy again become the Chief Minister of the state. Results List of winning candidate See also * 1974 elections in India * 1971 Odisha Legislative Assembly election * 1977 Odisha Legislative Assembly election References {{Odisha elections State Assembly elections in Odisha Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has ...
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National Alliance Of People's Movements
National Alliance of People's Movements is an alliance of alter-globalisation activist groups in India. It is an umbrella organisation for various civil society organisations and individuals working towards similar goals. It has led protests on various issues opposing globalization, nuclear energy, and protests supporting electoral reforms. History In the 1990s, with economic liberalisation in India and communal violence like the Babri Masjid demolition, groups opposed to globalization, communalism, and discrimination united to form the National Alliance of People's Movements in 1992. One of the founding members was Medha Patkar, of Narmada Bachao Andolan, who later also founded Ghar Bachao Ghar Banao Aandolan in 2004–5. Ideology NAPM provides a forum for the coming together of a number of ideologies. In its own programmes, actions and conceptualisation of development perspectives on an emerging paradigm of sustainable development, equity, freedom, justice, and peace NAPM ...
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The Pioneer (India)
''The Pioneer'' is an English-language daily newspaper in India. It is published from multiple locations in India, including Delhi. It is the second oldest English-language newspaper in India still in circulation after ''The Times of India''. In 2010, The Pioneer launched its Hindi version in Lucknow. Author Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), in his early 20s, worked at the newspaper office in Allahabad as an assistant editor from November 1887 to March 1889. In July 1933, ''The Pioneer'' was sold to a syndicate and moved from Allahabad to Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, at which time the ''Pioneer Mail and India Weekly News'' ceased publication. The newspaper remained a primarily Lucknow-based paper until 1990, when it was purchased by the Thapar Group, under L. M. Thapar, who made it a national newspaper, published from Delhi, Lucknow, Bhubaneswar, Kochi, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Dehradun and Ranchi Ranchi (, ) is the capital of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Ranchi was the centre ...
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