Pratap Chandra Sarangi News

The BJP has accused Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, of physical assault and incitement, details below.

BJP MP Mukesh Rajput is reportedly in serious condition after sustaining injuries. He is admitted to the ICU at Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital.

The nervousness of debutant Pratap Chandra Sarangi who drew maximum cheers after Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the swearing-in ceremony of the new government on May 30 was missing as he took firm control of the floor and peppered his multi-lingual oratory with shlokas, anecdotes and poetry.

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Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Balasore in Odisha and the minister of state for animal husbandry, made his maiden speech in Lok Sabha on Monday. In his first speech, Pratap Chandra Sarangi attacked Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq for objecting to the "Vande Mataram" slogan when he took oath in Lok Sabha, asking if those who "refuse to say Vande Mataram have a right to live in India".

Pratap Chandra Sarangi, 64, who won the Balasore parliamentary seat in Odisha on a BJP ticket has been appointed as Minister of State in two of Modi’s ministries: Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises and Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries.