1971
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Elected to 5th Lok Sabha
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1971-77
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Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit
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1973-74 and 1974-75
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Member, Executive, Congress Parliamentary Party (C.P.P.)
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1974
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Member, Pradesh Election Committee, Orissa
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1974-77
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Member, Executive Committee, Pradesh Congress Committee (P.C.C.), Orissa
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1975-78
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Member, Committee of Privileges
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President, District Congress Committee (D.C.C.), Balasore
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1980
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Re-elected to 7th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1990-91
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Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly
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Member, Public Accounts Committee
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Member, Executive Committee, Janata Dal, Orissa
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1991
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Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1991-95
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Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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1995-98
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Member, Orissa Legislative Assembly (2nd term)
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1995-96
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Member, Public Accounts Committee, Orissa Legislative Assembly
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1998
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (4th term)
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Deputy Leader, Biju Janata Dal Parliamentary Party
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1998-99
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Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Committee on Government Assurances
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Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Railways
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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Leader, Biju Janata Dal Parliamentary Party
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1999-2000
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Chairman, Committee on Papers Laid on the Table
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Member, Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Leader, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party
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2000
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications.
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27 May 2000
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Union Cabinet Minister, Water Resources
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (6th term)
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Member, Pannel of Chairmen, Lok Sabha
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Chairman, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party
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Member, Standing Committee on Water Resources
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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Member, Joint-Parliamentary Committee on Wakf
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Co-Chairman, SC/ST Welfare Board, Orrisa
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Member, Standing Committee on Defence
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications
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2005 onwards
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District President, Biju Janata Dal, Bhadrak
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (7th term)
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Leader, B.J.D. Parliamentary Party
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Jun 2009
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Member, Panel of Chairmen, Lok Sabha
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31 Aug 2009
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Member, Standing Committee on Industry
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1 May 2010
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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9 Jun. 2013
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Member, House Committee
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May, 2014
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Re-elected to 16th Lok Sabha (8th term)
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9 June 2014 onwards
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Member, Panel of Chairpersons, Lok Sabha
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1 Sep. 2014 onwards
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Member, Committee on Petitions.
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Member, Standing Committee on Agriculture
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29 Jan. 2015 onwards
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj and Drinking Water and Sanitation
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1 May 2017 - 30 April 2018
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Member, Committee on Estimates
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7 June 2018 onwards
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Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Security in Parliament House Complex
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