Kunal Sarangi is an Indian politician from the state of Jharkhand.[1] He joined Jharkhand mukti morcha Party in 2024] for the Indian state of Jharkhand.[2] He was a former member of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from Baharagora from 2014 to 2019,[3][4] whip and was also the former central spokesperson of the ruling party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and member of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly. He joined Bharatiya Janata Party in September 2019.[5]
He was honoured with the 'Ideal Youth MLA award'[7] in 2016 by MIT, Pune in one of the largest Students' conferences - Bharatiya Chhatra Sansad ( BCS). He is the first MLA from Jharkhand to get this award.
He represented Jharkhand Legislative Assembly in the National CPA conference (2016) in Goa, National Whips' conference (2017) in Vizag and National Whips' conference (2018) in Udaipur, and National Legislature Conference (2018 ) in New Delhi.
Early in 2019, he also collaborated with UNICEF India to champion its Child Reporters Initiative in Baharagora to make it a Child-Marriage Free Assembly constituency. He has been actively encouraging young school students, local elected representatives and other grassroots organisations in Baharagora to join the programme and bring effective changes in their community and families.[9]UNICEF has also decided to actively work with Kunal to successfully implement Generation Unlimited, a youth skills programme to ensure an effective transition for the youth in Baharagora from education to employment.