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Tathagata Satapathy

Tathagata Satpathy
ତଥାଗତ ଶତପଥୀ
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Member: 12th, 14th, 15th and 16th Lok Sabha
Assumed office
2004
Preceded by Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo
Constituency Dhenkanal
Personal details
Born (1956-04-01) 1 April 1956 (age 61)
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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