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BJP MPs from Odisha took oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha in Odia language

in National, State News June 25, 2024 Comments Off on BJP MPs from Odisha took oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha in Odia language 405 Views

New Delhi:25/6/24: The BJP MPs from Odisha, including Baijayant Panda, Aparajita Sarangi, and Sambit Patra – took oath as members of the 18th Lok Sabha in Odia language on Tuesday.

This year, linguistic diversity was on display with the newly-elected MPs taking their oaths in English and other languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.

Most of the BJP MPs from Odisha, where the party swept the Lok Sabha poll on ‘Odia Asmita’ poll plank by winning 20 of 21 seats, took oath in their state language and ended it with ‘Jai Jagannath, Jai Bharat, Bande Utkala Janani’. They were among the remaining 281 new members, who were scheduled to take oath on Tuesday. A total of 262 newly elected MPs, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took oath on Monday, the inaugural session of the 18th Lok Sabha

Besides Odia, Balasore MP Pratap Sarangi took oath in Sanskrit and Mayurbhanj MP Naba Charan Majhi in Santhali dialect. Berhampur MP Pradeep Kumar Panigrahy and Kalahandi Malvika Devi, however, took oath in English and invoked Lord Jagannath and presiding deities of their regions.

Taking to his X handle, Puri MP Sambit wrote: “I am committed to the development of Puri Lok Sabha constituency and to fulfiling the grand vision of building ‘Developed India’ under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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