Prasanna Acharya

Politician from Odisha, India

Prasanna Acharya

Member of Parliament
Rajya Sabha[1]
In office
2 July 2016 – 1 July 2022
Preceded by| Pyarimohan Mohapatra, Independent
Succeeded by| Manas Ranjan Mangaraj, BJD
Constituency| Odisha
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office
2009 – 2014
Preceded by| Sanatan Bishi
Succeeded by| Rohit Pujari
Constituency| Rairakhol
Member of Parliament
Lok Sabha
In office
1998 – 2009
Preceded by| Krupasindhu Bhoi
Succeeded by| Amarnath Pradhan
Constituency| Sambalpur
Personal details
Born|  (1949-08-08) 8 August 1949 (age 75)
Bargarh, Orissa, India
Political party| BJD
Spouse| Charusila Acharya
Children| 2 Daughters
Residence(s)| Bargarh, Odisha
Alma mater| Panchayat College Bargarh

Source: [[1]]

Prasanna Acharya (born 8 August 1949) is an Indian politician from Odisha, India. He is a former member of parliament in the Rajya Sabha.[2] He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal.

He is a state vice president of Biju Janata Dal. He is currently serving as the Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He represents the Rairakhol Assembly constituency in the Sambalpur district.

## Career

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Acharya, was a cabinet minister in the Biju Patnaik led Janta Dal government from 1990 to 1995 ( representing Bargarh constituency). and also in the Biju Janta dal government from 2009 to 2014. He was also a member of the national parliament, the 13th[3] and the 14th Lok Sabha[4] of India. He represented the Sambalpur constituency of Odisha.

In May 2009 Prasanna Acharya stood for election to the Odisha Assembly again rather than for the national parliament. He was elected to represent the regional constituency of Rairakhol by a majority of around 10,000 votes. In the 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly election Prasanna Acharya lost to Subal Sahu of Indian National Congress by a margin of 458 votes from Bijepur. In 2019 Prasanna Acharya lost to Suresh Pujari of Bharatiya Janata Party in Loksabha election from Bargarh.

Acharya also held the post of the Minister of Finance, Health, Rural Development etc in Odisha. He is known to be amongst the very few leaders who have had a chance to represent people at a state assembly, and both the houses of parliament i.e Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha.

## References

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1. ^ "26 Rajya Sabha members elected unopposed in six states (Roundup) - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 June 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
2. ^ "Assembly Member's Information System". ws.ori.nic.in. Archived from the original on 19 June 2009. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
3. ^ "Acharya Member of The 13th Lok Sabha". parliamentofindia.nic.in. Retrieved 19 November 2010.
4. ^ "Acharya Member of The 14th Lok Sabha". 164.100.47.132. Retrieved 20 November 2010.

## External links

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Members of the 14th Lok Sabha from Odisha

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* Arjun Charan Sethi
* Bhartruhari Mahtab
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* Prasanna Kumar Patasani
* Sugrib Singh
* Tathagata Satapathy

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* Ananta Nayak
* Bikram Keshari Deo
* Dharmendra Pradhan
* Jual Oram
* Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain
* Parsuram Majhi
* Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

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* Chandra Sekhar Sahu
* Giridhar Gamang

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* Sudam Marndi

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BJD (10)|

* Arjun Charan Sethi
* Bhartruhari Mahtab
* Braja Kishore Tripathy
* Jagannath Mallick
* Prabhat Kumar Samantaray
* Trilochan Kanungo
* Padmanava Behara
* Prasanna Kumar Patasani
* Naveen Patnaik
* Prasanna Acharya

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* Anadi Charan Sahu
* Ananta Nayak
* Bikram Keshari Deo
* Debendra Pradhan
* Jual Oram
* Mahamegha Bahan Aira Kharbela Swain
* Parsuram Majhi
* Salkhan Murmu
* Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

Congress (2)|

* Hema Gamang
* Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo

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