Sambit Patra is a qualified professional surgeon and a prominent politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party and has been appointed as one of the 5 national spokespersons of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also an independent board member of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC). Let’s learn some more interesting facts about this famous surgeon and politician.
Biography/Wiki
Sambit Patra was born on 13 December 1974 in Dhanbad, Jharkhand (49 years old; as of 2023). He received his education at Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Bokaro. He pursued his bachelor’s degree in internal medicine from VSS Medical College and Hospital and further completed his master’s degree in general surgery (MS) from SCB Medical College, Cuttack in 2002. Subsequently, he cleared the UPSC Allied Medical Services Examination and was appointed as Delhi Hindu Rao Hospital As a medical professional. He is the founder of Swaraj, an NGO working for the liberation of Dalits. In 2011, he was appointed as the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party and continues to serve today. During the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Patra emerged as the face of the BJP for supporting its views across the country.
Sambit Patra – Spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party
family and caste
Sambit Patra was an Oriyan Bhramin. No further details about his family and wife are available at this time.
religion
He believes in Hinduism. In April 2023, he paid tribute by walking on burning coals at the Jhamu Jatra festival in Puri. Jhamu Jatra is a festival in Odia dedicated to Goddess Mangala.
सनातन सनातन हमारी संस्कृति एवं एवं का अहम हिस् सा है, पुरी जिले समंग पंचायत के रेबती रमण आयोजित यह दण्ड झामू झामू प्राचीन परंपरा प्रतीक प्रतीक प्रतीक प्रतीक प्रतीक प्रतीक प्रतीक प्रतीक
अग्नि में में पर चलकर चलकर पूजा पूजा पूजा एवं एवं शीर्वादप्राप्तकर खुदकोधन्यअनुभवकररहाहूँ। खुदकोधन्यअनुभवकररहाहूँ। खुदकोधन्यअनुभवकररहाहूँ। खुदकोधन्यअनुभवकररहाहूँ। खुदकोधन्यअनुभवकररहाहूँ। pic.twitter.com/oTciqW61Gj
— Sabit Patra (@sambitswaraj) April 11, 2023
Profession
Sambit Patra was an excellent student and a persuasive speaker since childhood. While serving as medical officer at Hindu Rao Hospital, Patra founded Swaraj, an NGO in 2006 that works closely with improving health and education standards for Dalits in Odisha and Chhattisgarh. In 2011, Patra resigned as medical officer of Hindu Rao Hospital and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. In 2012, he contested on the BJP ticket from Kashmir Gate but failed. His quick response to any fact or situation supported his point of view in a deft way was his gift. To this end, he was highly recognized by the party and was elected as the national spokesperson of the BJP in 2011. Since then, he has been representing the views of the BJP on various platforms, including debates and speeches. He is often seen taking to Twitter to point out illegal acts and atrocities of the Congress party. He currently serves as an independent board member of Oil and Gas Limited.
The Congress defended Rahul saying that he was in school when the anti-Sikh riots took place in 1984 and therefore did not know about it, but conveniently, he appears to have completed a thesis on the assassination of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, while he was a graduate student at the time ? Rahul and responsibility will never be together pic.twitter.com/plG0rfLWlp
— Sabit Patra (@sambitswaraj) August 27, 2018
He contested the 2024 Lok Sabha elections from Puri seat in Odisha and won.
fact
- He was often criticized for being an aggressive speaker, but his ability to express his views accurately and clearly on any issue dominated all his criticism.
- His appointment as an independent director of ONGC triggered a political controversy over speculation about its illegality, but further proved that there was no misunderstanding about the position.
Delivered a speech on the theme “Indian Culture and Its Global Impact” to the Indian diaspora living in Hong Kong at an event organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parisad and Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh in Hong Kong! It was truly a mesmerizing experience! pic.twitter.com/WhmNT3f3ox
— Sabit Patra (@sambitswaraj) September 30, 2018
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education