19 Facts About Bijoy Mohapatra

Bijoy Mohapatra was the most powerful minister in Biju Patnaik's cabinet.

Bijoy Mohapatra was four times MLA from Patkura Constituency of Kendrapara district.

Bijoy Mohapatra won four straight elections in 1980,1985,1990 and 1995.

Bijoy Mohapatra contested from the Patkura seat in assembly elections of 1980, '85, '90 and '95.

Bijoy Mohapatra was considered as "super chief minister" in Biju Babu's cabinet.

Bijoy Mohapatra played an instrumental role in the formation of Biju Janata Dal in 1997 after the demise of Bijayananda Pattanaik.

Bijoy Mohapatra was one of the founding members of Biju Janata Dal and one of the most powerful leaders in the party.

Bijoy Mohapatra was the chairman of the Political Affairs Committee of the party.

Bijoy Mohapatra was the leader of a group of leaders in the party, and was opposed to many decisions of party President Nabeen Pattanaik.

In 2000, after filing a nomination paper for the Odisha Assembly elections in 2000, Bijoy Mohapatra was busy in parliamentary board meeting of Biju Janata Dal as the chairman of parliamentary affairs committee.

Bijoy Mohapatra proceeded to support Trilocahan Behera, a candidate of the Trinamool Congress, who won the seat by more than 40,000 votes over Atanu Sabyasachi, the official BJD nominee.

In 2001, Bijoy Mohapatra formed Odisha Gana Parishad, a regional party.

The Party won two of these seats, but Bijoy Mohapatra narrowly lost his bid.

In protest, Bijoy Mohapatra resigned from NCP in 2009 and joined BJP.

However, due to very poor organisational strength of BJP in coastal Odisha, Bijoy Mohapatra lost the Assembly elections in 2009 and 2014, contesting from the Patkura and Mahakalapada Assembly seats respectively.

Bijoy Mohapatra was selected as the Campaign Committee Chairman of BJP for the Kandhamal Lok Sabha by-election in 2014.

Bijoy Mohapatra was sidelined in Odisha BJP since 2016, when Basant Panda was elected as BJP state president.

Bijoy Mohapatra finally quit BJP on 30 November 2018 but returned again to BJP on 27 March 2019.

Bijoy Mohapatra was expelled from BJP for alleged anti-party activities in May, 2024.