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Niranjan Patnaik

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Niranjan Patnaik
President of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee
In office
19 April 2018 – 23 May 2022
Succeeded bySarat Pattanayak
Personal details
Born (1948-02-22) 22 February 1948 (age 77)
Anandapur, Odisha, India
Political partyIndian National Congress
ChildrenDevjyoti Patnaik
Navajyoti Patnaik
ParentBrajabandhu Patnaik
RelativesSoumya Ranjan Patnaik (brother)
Chitta Ranjan Patnaik (brother)
Dipti Ranjan Patnaik (brother)
ResidenceBhubaneswar

Niranjan Patnaik (born 22 February 1948) son of Braja Bandhu Patnaik is an etnically Odia Indian politician and a popular opposition public figure from Odisha. He is also associated with the various labour unions of the iron ore and manganese rich region of Keonjhar and is also a artisanal miner who secured his first lease at the age of 21 back in 1969 which was cancelled due to meddling of the Swatantra Party and elements from the Jana Congress.[1] He is a former state president of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee and former minister of Odisha State Government under the Chief Ministership of Janaki Ballabh Patnaik.[2] He is a seasoned politican who is known for his secular and reformative views on Odia society at large. Though marred in controversy during the liberalisation period of India in the mid nineties started in the era of P.V. Narasimha Rao.[3][4][5] Niranjan has left a lasting impact on the developement of greenfield projects and also planning, development and strengthening of major irrigation and flood control projects across Odisha.He has also been very vocal about flooding in the Odisha due to unplanned urbanisation and industrialisation affecting landuse and watertable across the state.[6][7][8]

He held multiple portfolios during his tenure in the Janaki Ballabh Patnaik led governments of Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee in Odisha. As Minister of Industries & Textiles, Handlooms, and Handicrafts, & Cottage Industries along with additionally holding vital portfolios like Irrigation & Power, Revenue, Science, and Health & Family Welfare. Niranjan had been instrumental creating and implementing new projects for irrigation and water management in Odisha through his travels to Texas, Arizona and also Canada. The recommendations and irrigation master plan drawn up by his ministry would serve as a model for successive future governments.[9]

As Minister of Health back in 1987 Niranjan has been potrayed as someone who had shown tendecies of reform in the State Government especially in the reporting of pandemics, outbreaks and hunger related deaths. Even up until the mid 2000s hunger related deaths were common due to the states difficult geography and lack of political will coupled with the fact of economic viability in building infrastructure.[10]

In his capacity as Pradesh Congress Committee President in the run up to the 2019 General Elections and simultaneously occurring Odisha State Legislature Elections the Odisha Congress created progressive manifesto echoing the voices of marginalized sections of Odia society and focussing on Congress Party's approach to Universal Basic Income aka NYAY.[11][12][13] During his tenure he ensured new faces like Bismaya Mahapatra, Sudarshan Das (known for Mahanadi river activism), Panchanan Kanungo (former Minister Government of Odisha), Uma Ballav Rath (former MLA Puri), Amiya Pandav and many others from Odisha's liberal, socialist and progressive fronts join the Indian National Congress's State unit.[14][15][16][17][18][19][20]

Early life

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Patnaik born on 22 February 1948 in a Karan family.[21] He has two children named Devjyoti and Navajyoti Patnaik.

References

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  1. ^ Findlay, J. N. (6 March 2019), "The Notion of an Absolute", Ascent to the Absolute, Routledge, pp. 17–38, ISBN 978-0-429-20209-4, retrieved 8 June 2025
  2. ^ "Congress remains divided in Orissa over the new state chief". The Economic Times. 8 June 2011. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
  3. ^ J.B.C. (December 1959). "Foreign policy of India. Texts of documents, 1947-1958. BY The Lok Sabha [Parliament] Secretariat. (New Delhi, Lok Sabha Secretariat, 1958. Pp. 326. Rs. 5.00.)". American Political Science Review. 53 (4): 1207–1207. doi:10.1017/s0003055400235284. ISSN 0003-0554.
  4. ^ Kasturi, Rangarajan; Patodi, Nishant; Ahmed, Mohammed Monzur; Lim, Chee (21 May 2012). "The white nipple sign: Figure 1". Frontline Gastroenterology. 3 (3): 216–216. doi:10.1136/flgastro-2011-100081. ISSN 2041-4137. PMC 5517271.
  5. ^ Dardanelli, Paolo (June 1999). "Implementing subsidiarity: Regional policy from a British perspective". Regional & Federal Studies. 9 (2): 69–88. doi:10.1080/13597569908421087. ISSN 1359-7566.
  6. ^ "Govt responsible for urban floods: Niranjan". The Pioneer. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  7. ^ "Niranjan Patnaik comes out in support of Sona Mohapatra". Odisha TV. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  8. ^ "Police Complaint Filed Against Singer Sona Mohapatra For 'Mispronouncing' Words In Odia Bhajan". HuffPost. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  9. ^ Ikehara, Ken (1995). "Report from 1995 AAPG Annual Convention in Houston". Journal of the Sedimentological Society of Japan. 42 (42): 33–41. doi:10.4096/jssj1995.42.33. ISSN 1342-310X.
  10. ^ "The politics of hunger in India: a study of democracy, governance, and Kalahandi's poverty". Choice Reviews Online. 38 (05): 38–2965-38-2965. 1 January 2001. doi:10.5860/choice.38-2965. ISSN 0009-4978.
  11. ^ "Odisha elections: Congress manifesto promises to refund farmers' loan amount". The Times of India. 8 April 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  12. ^ "Congress woos farmers, women, youth in Odisha manifesto". The Times of India. 7 April 2019. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  13. ^ "Niranjan Patnaik to be CM if Congress comes to power". The New Indian Express. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  14. ^ "Former BJD minister Panchanan Kanungo joins Congress". Former BJD minister Panchanan Kanungo joins Congress. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  15. ^ "Former AAP Candidate from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha". X formerly Twitter. 11 September 2018.
  16. ^ "OPCC sets up 'War Room' ahead of Lok Sabha, Odisha Assembly elections". Orissa Post. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  17. ^ "Tirkey, Sudarshan Das join Congress". The Pioneer. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  18. ^ IANS. "Independent MLA Tirkey joins Congress in Odisha". Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  19. ^ Digital, Sambad (16 July 2018). "କଂଗ୍ରେସରେ ଯୋଗ ଦେଲେ ଅମିୟ ପାଣ୍ଡବ". Sambad (in Odia). Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  20. ^ TV, Kalinga (15 July 2018). "Odisha Jana Morcha State Secretary Amiya Pandav joins Congress..."
  21. ^ "How the Patnaiks, despite being 2% of Odisha's population, ruled the state for 45 years, and maybe beyond". The Economic Times. 11 May 2024. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
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