Sambit Patra is an Indian politician and surgeon, currently serving as the Member of Parliament from the Puri constituency since June 2024. He is also the national spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Chairman of the India Tourism Development Corporation.
👨👩👦 Family Background
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Father: Rabindra Nath Patra, who worked at the Bokaro Steel Plant.
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Mother: Bharti Patra.
There is no publicly available information regarding his siblings or marital status.
🧬 Ancestral Roots
Sambit Patra was born on December 13, 1974, in Bokaro Steel City, then part of Dhanbad district in Bihar (now in Jharkhand). He hails from an Odia Brahmin family.
🧬 Early Life and Education
Born on December 13, 1974, in Bokaro Steel City (then part of Bihar, now in Jharkhand), Dr. Patra hails from an Odia Brahmin family. His father, Rabindra Nath Patra, worked at the Bokaro Steel Plant.
He completed his schooling at Chinmaya Vidyalaya in Bokaro. Dr. Patra earned his MBBS degree from Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Sambalpur, Odisha, in 1997, and subsequently obtained a Master of Surgery (MS) in General Surgery from Srirama Chandra Bhanja Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack in 2002.
In 2003, he qualified the Combined Medical Services Examination conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) with an All India Rank of 19 and joined Hindu Rao Hospital in Delhi as a Medical Officer.
🏛️ Political Career
Dr. Patra's political journey began in 2010 when he joined the BJP as a spokesperson for its Delhi unit. In 2012, he contested the municipal elections from Delhi's Kashmere Gate ward but did not win. Despite the loss, his active participation in party activities and media engagements elevated his profile within the BJP. In 2014, he was appointed as the national spokesperson for the party.
In the 2019 general elections, Dr. Patra contested from the Puri Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha but was narrowly defeated by Biju Janata Dal's Pinaki Misra. He contested again in the 2024 elections and won the seat by a margin of 104,709 votes, defeating BJD candidate Arup Mohan Patnaik.
Beyond his parliamentary role, Dr. Patra was appointed as an independent director on the board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) in 2017. In November 2021, he was appointed as the Chairman of the India Tourism Development Corporation.
🧾 Personal Life
Dr. Patra is known for his strong oratory skills and active presence in media debates representing the BJP. He is unmarried and has no publicly known immediate family details beyond his father's name.
⚖️ Controversies
Dr. Patra has been involved in several controversies, including sharing misleading information on social media platforms. In February 2020, he tweeted a doctored video of a former INC MLA, which led to a police complaint. In May 2021, Twitter flagged one of his tweets related to a "toolkit" allegedly used by the Congress party during the COVID-19 pandemic as "manipulated media," leading to a dispute between the Indian government and the social media platform.
🧾 Summary
While detailed information about Sambit Patra's extended family is limited, it is known that he comes from an Odia Brahmin background, with his father employed in the steel industry. His professional journey transitioned from medicine to politics, where he has held significant positions within the BJP.
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