Name of Member: Shri Muralidhar Jena
Political Party: Indian National Congress
Constituency & State: Bhadrak-SC (Orissa)
Lok Sabha Experience: 11
Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament XI LOK SABHA
JENA, SHRI MURALIDHAR
CONGRESS (I)- BHADRAK (SC) (ORISSA)
Father's Name : Shri Pagal Jena
Date of Birth : 6 January 1949
Place of Birth : Kat Sahi in Distt. Bhadrak (Orissa)
Marital Status : Married on 13 December 1969
Spouse's Name : Smt. Shanti Lata Jena
Children : Three sons and two daughters
Educational Qualifications :
B.Sc. (Agri. Engg. and Tech.)
Educated at Orissa University of Agriculture Technology,
Bhubaneswar (Orissa)
Professsion :
Engineer, Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker, Trader and
Industrialist
Permanent Address :
At Kat Sahi, P.O. Sriganga, via Arnapal,
Distt. Bhadrak (Orissa)
Positions Held :
1996 Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Contributed several articles on various issues to local lectures
and won prizes in various debates and elocution contests during
college days Social and Cultural Active in political, social and
cultural arena since Activities student days; associated with
social organisations, like 'Society for Weaker Community'-working
for reforms in old traditions and Village Development Organisation
for rural development; early child education and upliftment of
rural poor; established an educational institution 'Saheed
Smruti Mahavidyalaya' in Bhadrak to provide education to poor
villagers
Special Interests :
Service to the community and nation; striving for the upliftment
of the poor, securing social justice for the oppressed and also for
the preservation and enrichment of social, cultural traditional and
spiritual values of Indian life
Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Study of literature, social service, lectures on specific topics,
working for the cause of poor and down-trodden
Sports and Clubs :
Rotary Club, Bhadrak
Other Information :
Belongs to Freedom Fighter's family whose members took active part
in the freedom struggle (including Quit India Movement in 1942)and
were arrested several times; worked as a Junior Engineer/Assistant
Engineer under the Department of Rural Development in Orissa
1974-1987; and always tried to devise new methods of technology
for agriculture for increasing productivity; organised rural
workers in a non-organised sector for social justice and for hike
in their daily wages; propagated self-employment methods to people
of rural and semi-urban areas
Election Result :
Bhadrak-SC Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 11,29,875
Total votes polled 7,22,571
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Muralidhar Jena (I.N.C.) 3,36,265
(2) Shri Ratha Das (J.D.) 2,71,693
(3) Shri Bishnu Charan Sethy (B.J.P.) 96,566
(4) Shri Sridhar Jena (Ind.) 3,714
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