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Srikant Jena, the Lone face From Orissa in Central Ministry

  •   Tue, Jul 12 2011 02:45:37 PM

Bhubaneswar, Jul 12 (IANS): Srikant Jena, who was appointed minister of state with independent charge in Tuesday's cabinet reshuffle, is a four-time MP from Orissa and the state's sole representative in the union council of ministers.

Jena, who has been a legislator for three terms, has been given the portfolios of statistics and programme implementation and chemicals and fertilisers.

The 61-year-old politician started his political career under the leadership of former Orissa chief minister Biju Patnaik and is known for his fighting spirit.

A resident of Ratnagiri village in coastal Jajpur district, Jena has a bachelors degree in arts.

He was imprisoned for 19 months during the 1975-77 emergency.

He served as the minister of state for small scale industry, agro and rural industries in the V.P. Singh government in 1989-90 and as a cabinet minister for parliamentary affairs and tourism in the government led by H.D. Deve Gowda in 1996-97.

Jena joined Congress in 2008 and won the Lok Sabha election from Balasore.

  

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  • Satyanarayan Sarangi, Gopalpur,Ranpur,Dist-Nayagarh

    Tue, Jul 12 2011

    I congratulate to the Honble Minister as he represents in the Central council of Ministry.But it is too pity that he could not be elevated to Cabinet Post.But I hope he will fulfill the aspirations of the people of Orissa.

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