Sambit Patra

Indian politician, BJP National Spokperson · India · On the map · Politicians · Born 1974 · age 51

Sambit Patra is an Indian politician and surgeon who serves as the Member of Parliament from the Puri constituency since 4 June 2024. He has served as the national spokesperson of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2014 and currently serving as a chairman in tourism department since November 2021.

Sambit Patra is read about 150 times a day, in 11 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 19 September 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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Sambit Patra

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We are fighting not with our names; we are fighting with the name of our supreme leader Narendra Modi.
2019 · While campaigning for his candidature in the 2019 Indian general election, as quoted in "Sambit Patra Calls PM Modi "Supreme Leader",, Own words
Rahul Gandhi wears a janeu (sacred thread). We want to ask him - he is going to Ujjain - what kind of 'Jenau Dhari' are you? What is your gotra?
Inquiring about Rahul Gandhi's gotra, as quoted in "What's Your Gotra," Asks Sambit Patra On Rahul Gandhi's Mahakaleshwar Temple Visit",, Own words
In many states, the rate of rape has come down because the prime minister gave women ‘izzatghar’ (toilet).
On the toilet-building campaign, as quoted in, Own words

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About this person

Patra had his first job at Hindu Rao Hospital. He was appointed an independent director of the board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in 2017. On 30 November 2021, Patra was appointed Chairman of the India Tourism Development Corporation.

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