Pratap Keshari Deb

Pratap Keshari Deb
Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office June 2019
Preceded by	Devendra Sharma (Congress)
Constituency	Aul
MP of Rajya Sabha for Odisha
Preceded by	Bishnu Charan Das, BJD
Constituency	Odisha
Personal details
Born	(1972-10-16) 16 October 1972 (age 52)
Nationality	Indian
Political party	BJD
Parent(s)	Lt. Sarat Kumar Deb (Father),[1] Sushree Devi (Mother) [2]
Alma mater	B.A. from Ramjas College, 12th from Rajkumar College, Raipur [3]
Profession	Social Work, Agriculture, Pisci Culture [4]

Pratap Keshari Deb (born 16 October 1972) is an Indian politician from the state of Odisha. In May 2017, he won a bypoll to the Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha constituency which was vacated by Bishnu Charan Das when he was appointed chairman of Odisha State Planning Board. Pratap Deb filed a nomination and won the seat uncontested on 18 May 2017. He will complete the remainder of his term on 1 July 2022.^[5][6]

Pratap Keshari Deb is a member of 16th Assembly of Odisha (2019 - 2024) elected from Aul. Deb had defeated his nearest Congress rival Devendra Sharma by a margin of 55,601 votes.^[7] He was inducted into Naveen Patnaik's Cabinet as Industries, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Energy Minister in June 2022.^[8]

References

1. "Pratap Keshari Deb(Criminal & Asset Declaration)". myneta.info. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
2. Subadh Nayak (10 January 2024). "Former Aul MLA Sushree Devi passes away". Kalinga TV. Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India: kalingatv.com. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
3. "Pratap Keshari Deb". MP Track by PRS Legislative Research. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
4. "Pratap Keshari Deb(Criminal & Asset Declaration)". myneta.info. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
5. "BJD's Pratap Deb elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". business-standard.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
6. "Naveen Patnaik announces Pratap Keshari Deb as BJD nominee for Rajya Sabha". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
7. "Senior BJD leader Pratap Keshari Deb resigns from Rajya Sabha". newindianexpress.com. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
8. "Portfolios of newly-inducted ministers in Odisha". 5 June 2022. Archived from the original on 6 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.

Rajya Sabha
Preceded by Bishnu Charan Das	Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha for Odisha 2017 –	Succeeded by ?
State Legislative Assembly
Preceded by Devendra Sharma (INC)	Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Aul (Vidhan Sabha constituency) 2019–	Succeeded by successor