Pranay Kumar Sahu, present Vice Chairman Gaisilat block and a grass root party worker working sincerely for the party for more than 2 decades has been declared by the AICC as the Congress candidate for Bijepur by-poll. Here is a short profile of him:
Name: PRANAYA KUMAR SAHU
Father’s Name: Late Birendra Kumar Sahu
[ Ex-MLA , Melchamunda Constituency 19 67, 1971, 19 77]
Village: Buromunda
PO: Gaisilat
Dist: Bargarh
Mob: 9937724699
Assembly Constituency: Bijepur (After delimitation of Melchamunda constituency)
ID Card No: OR 17/124/ 300154
Date of Birth: 5th January 1957
Education: Pre- University
Caste: Kulata (OBC)
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
- President of Kulata Yuva Mancha, Padampur Sub-Division continuing since 1977
- Founder Activist Annunata Anchala Pachua Jati Vikash Parishad, Bargarh (An organization for the upliftment of OBC)
- Patron for Ramchandi Temple Construction Committee, Nursinghnath Since 1997-98
- Member of Gopabandhu Welfare Organisation at Jenkeda, Talpali, Bargarh
- Member of western Odisha Krushijibi Sangha
- Member SAHABHAGI VIKASH ABHIYAN (SVA) Bhubaneswar
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES
- Vice President, National Congress Party, Bargarh District since 2015 to present
- Vice President, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation, Bargarh District (2002-2005)
- President of Service Co-operative Society (1987 -91, 1991-95, 1995-99, 2016 to present
- Vice Chairman Gaisilat Block 1997- 2002
- Chairman, Gaisilat Block 2002- 2007
- Vice Chairman Gaisilat Block 2007-2012
- Panchay Samiti Member Gaisilat Block 2012- 2017
- Vice Chairman Gaisilat Block 2017 to continuing
- Director Co-operative Sugar Mill Bargarh since 2016
- President RCMS Padampaur since 2016