Baijayant Panda

Baijayant Panda
Vice President of Bharatiya Janata Party
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 March 2019
PresidentJ. P. Nadda
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office
4 June 2024
Preceded byAnubhav Mohanty
In office
22 May 2009 – 19 July 2018
Preceded byArchana Nayak
Succeeded byAnubhav Mohanty
ConstituencyKendrapara, Odisha
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
In office
4 April 2000 – 4 April 2009
ConstituencyOdisha
Personal details
Born (1964-01-12) 12 January 1964 (age 60)
Cuttack, Odisha, India
Political party Bharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Biju Janata Dal (2000-2018)
Spouse
Jagi Mangat Panda
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(m. 1994)​
Parent
Residence(s)Bhubaneswar, Odisha (permanent)
New Delhi (present)
Alma materMichigan Technological University
ProfessionIndustrialist, politician
Signature
Websitejaypanda.in

Baijayant "Jay" Panda (pronounced [bɔidʒɔjɔnt pɔɳɖa]; born 12 January 1964) is an Indian politician. He is the national vice president and spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was a Member of Parliament in the 15th and 16th Lok Sabha from Kendrapara. He was also a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha for two terms from 2000 to 2009.[1]

Elected from the Kendrapara constituency with a BJD ticket, Panda was suspended from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party for alleged anti-party activities on 24 January 2018 and resigned from BJD on 28 May 2018.[2] He alleged there was a conspiracy against him.[3] He joined BJP on 4 March 2019 at New Delhi.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Profile was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Ghosh, Deepshikha (28 May 2018). ""Unwanted" Jay Panda Quits Naveen Patnaik's BJD Before 2019 Odisha Polls". NDTV. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  3. ^ "BJD MP Baijayant Panda suspended for 'anti-party activities'". The Times of India. 24 January 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Baijayant Panda joins BJP, blasts BJD". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 July 2020.