Baishnab Charan Parida a new member of Rajyasabha  

Long and arduous journey from a nondescript village Srirampur to Sansad is a lifetime achievement for Baishnab Charan Parida.




The newly elected BJD Rajya Sabha Member opened his heart in front of the members of the Media here on 20 June.



Bhubaneswar Media Forum, a leading organization of the journalists felicitated Mr.Parida.



Forum Secretary Papu Mohanty convened the meeting.



Satakadi Hota, Editor The Samaya graced the occasion.



Prasanta Patnaik, veteran journalist chaired the meeting.



Pradosh Patnaik, leading journalist gave out details on Mr.Parida during his early days in student politics.



Senior Journalist Madhabananda Behura lauded Mr.Parida’s initiative in information dissemination.



Replying to the felicitation, he said that it is a long journey fro a common man like him to go to the highest Law Making Institution of the country.



Born and brought up in Srirampur, a village in Jajpur district, Mr.Parida was attracted to Communism and led the leftist student union during his student career.



Mr.Parida admitted that he is a Communist by soul and fought for the common cause during his entire life.



He said being attracted to Communist Literature, a sojourn to Moscow shaped his life.



Mr.Parida said after years of engagement in information dissemination, he opted for political profession and joined in Congress.



Fed up with backbiting and dirty politics, Mr.Parida left Congress to join Samajbadi Party.



The socialist leader could not do much in the political outfit and opted for BJD.



Dubbed as a Party Hopper by opposition Congress and BJP, his candidature was opposed by few BJD insiders.



However Pyari Mohan Mohapatra, another Communist by heart came to his rescue and now he is Honourable Member of the Upper House of Parliament, revealed a senior scribe.


Source: http://www.tathya.in/news/story.asp?sno=4217

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