Pratap Sarangi: India social media hero minister's dubious past
When India's new cabinet was sworn-in on Thursday, the loudest applause was for a little-known, frail-looking man.
Pratap Chandra Sarangi was virtually unknown outside the state of Orissa (now Odisha), until he became a social media sensation this week.
A picture of the austerely-clad man leaving his bamboo hut to take the oath won him hearts in India, where rags to riches stories always strike a chord.
But despite his newfound popularity, Mr Sarangi has a chequered past.
He was the leader of the Bajrang Dal, a hardline rightwing group, when a Hindu mob brutally killed Australian Christian missionary Graham Staines and his two children in
Christian community leaders accused the Bajrang Dal of the killings, but an official inquiry found no evidence that any one group was behind the attack.
After a lengthy trial, Dara Singh, a man with links to the group, and 12 others were convicted in But the high court in Orissa commuted a death sentence for Singh two years later.
It also freed 11 others who were given life terms in prison, saying there was not enough evidenc
Pratap Chandra Sarangi Age, Caste, Wife, Family, Biography & More
• Minister of State (MoS) for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
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• Elected again in the Odisha Assembly Elections as an MLA
• In , he contested the Lok Sabha elections but lost to the BJD candidate by Lac votes
• In , he was announced as the BJP candidate once again for the General Elections from the Balasore Constituency of Odisha
• Sarangi won from the Balasore Constituency by more than 12, votes over his opponents
• On 31 May , Sarangi was inducted in the Narendra Modi Government as a Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Micro, Small and Medium
जानें, कौन हैं 'ओडिशा के मोदी' कहे जाने वाले प्रताप सारंगी, केंद्र सरकार में बने मंत्री
ओडिशा की बालासोर लोकसभा सीट से चुनाव जीतकर आए प्रताप चंद्र सारंगी को भी नरेंद्र मोदी सरकार में मंत्री बनाया गया है। एकदम साधारण वेशभूषा और सामान्य जनजीवन वाले प्रताप सारंगी चुनाव जीतने के बाद से ही काफी चर्चा बटोर रहे हैं। उन्हें 'ओडिशा का मोदी' भी कहा जा रहा है। बताया जाता है कि मोदी जब भी ओडिशा आते हैं तो सारंगी से मुलाकात जरूर करते हैं। सफेद दाढ़ी, सिर पर सफेद कम बाल, साइकिल और बैग उनकी पहचान है।सांसद चुने जाने से पहले प्रताप चंद्र सारंगी ओडिशा के नीलगिरी विधानसभा से और में विधायक चुने जा चुके हैं। इससे पहले वह के लोकसभा चुनाव में भी खड़े हुए थे लेकिन तब उन्हें हार मिली थी। प्रताप सारंगी को नरेंद्र मोदी का करीबी माना जाता है। गरीब परिवार से ताल्लुक रखने वाले प्रताप सारंगी का जन्म नीलगिरी में ही गोपीनाथपुर गांव में हुआ।
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4 जनवरी को जन्मे सारंगी ने स्थानीय फकीर मोहन कॉलेज से भी ग्रेजुएशन की डिग्री ली। बचपन से ही प्रताप सारंगी बहुत आध्यात्मिक थे। वह रामकृष्ण मठ में साधु बनना चाहते थे। इसके लिए वह कई बार मठ गए भी थे लेकिन बताया जाता है कि जब मठ वालों को खबर लगी कि प्रताप सारंगी की मां व
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