Pratap Keshari Deb | |
Office: | Member: Odisha Legislative Assembly |
Constituency: | Aul |
Term Start: | June 2019 |
Predecessor: | Devendra Sharma (Congress) |
Office1: | MP of Rajya Sabha for Odisha |
Constituency1: | Odisha |
Predecessor1: | Bishnu Charan Das, BJD |
Term End1: | 10 June 2019 |
Nationality: | Indian |
Parents: | Lt. Sarat Kumar Deb (Father)[1] |
Party: | BJD |
Birth Date: | 1972 10, df=yes |
Alma Mater: | B.A. from Ramjas College, 12th from Rajkumar College, Raipur [2] |
Profession: | Social Work, Agriculture, Pisci Culture [3] |
Pratap Keshari Deb (birth: 16 October 1972) is an Indian politician from the state of Odisha. In May 2017, he won a bypoll to the Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha constituency which was vacated by Bishnu Charan Das when he was appointed chairman of Odisha State Planning Board. Pratap Deb filed a nomination and won the seat uncontested on 18 May 2017. He will complete the remainder of his term until 1 July 2022.[4] [5]
Pratap Keshari Deb is a member of 16th Assembly of Odisha (2019 - 2024) elected from Aul . Deb had defeated his nearest Congress rival Devendra Sharma by a margin of 55,601 votes.[6] He was inducted into Naveen Patnaik's Cabinet as Industries, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Energy Minister in June 2022.[7]