Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi
{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi
| image = Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi.jpg
| office = Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
| term_start = 23 May 2019
| termend =
| successor =
| predecessor3 = Duryodhan Majhi
| constituency3 = Khariar
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1976|7|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = Khariar, Odisha, India
| residence = Khariar
| education = Graduate
| profession = Social worker, Producer, Politician
| party = Biju Janata Dal (2024 - Present)
| otherparty = Indian National Congress
| spouse = Priyadassini Panigrahi
| children = 1 Son
| office2 =
}}
Adhiraj Mohan Panigrahi (born 14 July 1976) is an Indian politician from Odisha, currently serving as an MLA in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the 16th and 17th Odisha Legislative Assembly from the Khariar Assembly constituency in 2019 and 2024, respectively.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Khariar, Odisha Assembly Election Results 2024 Highlights: BJD's ADHIRAJ MOHAN PANIGRAHI wins Khariar with 93246 votes |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/assembly/story/khariar-odisha-assembly-election-results-2024-live-updates-2548454-2024-06-04 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=India Today |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2024-06-04 |title=Khariar Election Result 2024 LIVE Updates Highlights: Assembly Winner, Loser, Leading, Trailing, MLA, Margin |url=https://www.news18.com/elections/khariar-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-assembly-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8916847.html |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=News18 |language=en}}
Early life
Panigrahi is from Khariar in Nuapada district.{{Cite news |date=2024-03-20 |title=Cong's Khariar MLA quits party ahead of polls, may join BJD |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/odisha-congress-mla-adhiraj-mohan-panigrahi-resigns-from-party-ahead-of-polls/articleshow/108631057.cms |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}
Political career
In the 2014 assembly elections, he was defeated in the Khariar Vidhan Sabha constituency by BJP candidate Duryodhan Majhi. However, in 2019, he was successfully elected as an MLA from INC. Before the assembly elections 2024, he resigned from INC and joined BJD, subsequently winning as an MLA from BJD.{{Cite news |last=PTI |date=2024-03-20 |title=Odisha's Khariar MLA Adhiraj Panigrahi quits Congress |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/odisha-assembly/odishas-khariar-mla-adhiraj-panigrahi-quits-congress/article67971373.ece |access-date=2024-06-06 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2024-03-20 |title=Khariar MLA Adhiraj quits Congress, likely to join BJD |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2024/Mar/20/khariar-mla-adhiraj-quits-congress-likely-to-join-bjd |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}
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Category:People from Nuapada district
Category:Biju Janata Dal politicians
Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha