Pradeep Majhi (; born 22 February 1976) is an Indian politician. He was a member of parliament in 15th Lok Sabha from

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and is at present the State Vice-president of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee, having held previous offices of State President of Orissa Pradesh Youth Congress, Secretary of the

Indian Youth Congress The Indian Youth Congress is the youth wing of the Indian National Congress party. The Indian Youth Congress was a department of the Indian National Congress from the period just after the Partition of India in 1947 until the late 1960s. Whil ...

, and President of Zilla Parishad. In 15th Lok Sabha, he asked 1160 questions inside Parliament, the third-highest number questions asked in that Lok Sabha tenure. He asked 501 questions in his first two years, according to

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magazine. In 2021, Majhi quit from Congress and joined BJD in a Mishran Parba.

Political career

Majhi is among the rising young leaders of National Congress party. He is very close to

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, who is Party working-president and also in charge of the Youth Congress affairs. Majhi from Orissa registered history, when he was appointed as the secretary of Indian Youth Congress. This is the first time a person from Orissa has been elevated to this post. While the UPA 2 government is all set to complete two years, prominent "Week' magazine came up with a detailed statistics that Congress MP from

, Mr Majhi has set a new record. The first-timer Lok Sabha MP asked 501 questions in two years with all-time records of 75 percentage of attendance in Parliament irrespective of his additional Orissa Youth Congress responsibilities.

Orissa Youth Congress president

Orissa Youth Congress had advanced a lot under his leadership and guidance in terms of more discipline, more agitations and movements, infusion of ample fresh bloods in party carder and most significantly propagating Rahul Gandhi's vision and message to youth across the state.

2009 Lok Sabha Elections

He was nominated by the Congress party to contest the

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elections 2009 from

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. He won the 2009 Lok Sabha election by a margin of 30830 votes. During his tenure as a parliamentarian among others he played a decisive role in Food Corporation of India procuring maize at MSP from

farmers.

References

External links

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Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Majhi, Pradeep 1976 births Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha People from Delhi Indian Youth Congress Presidents India MPs 2009–2014 Lok Sabha members from Odisha People from Nabarangpur district Odisha district councillors Adivasi politicians