Tathagata Satapathy
| Tathagata Satpathy | |
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| ତଥାଗତ ଶତପଥୀ | |
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| Member: 12th, 14th, 15th and 16th Lok Sabha | |
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Assumed office 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo |
| Constituency | Dhenkanal |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 April 1956 Cuttack, Odisha, India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | BJD |
| Spouse(s) | Adyasha Satpathy |
| Children | Aaryl Che Satpathy - Son |
| Residence | Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India |
Tathagata Satpathy (born 1 April 1956) is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Dhenkanal constituency of Odisha, and was re-elected for the fourth time in 2014. He is a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party, and the party's chief whip in the Lok Sabha.
Tathagata Satpathy is the younger son of former Odisha Chief Minister Nandini Satpathy and Devendra Satpathy. He is the owner and editor of the daily Odia newspaper, Dharitri, and the English daily, Orissa Post.
In 2000, Satpathy was suspended from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD). Following which, Satpathy joined the Orissa Gana Parishad (OGP) and served as its general secretary. After Naveen Patnaik got elected in 2000, Satpathy had used his newspaper Dharitri to criticise his policies. In March 2004, just before the Indian general election, 2004, Satpathy reconciled with BJD. He said that he was forced to quit OGP due its alliance with Janaki Ballabh Patnaik-led Indian National Congress (INC).
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