Narendra Kumar Swain | |
Office: | Member of the Rajya Sabha |
Constituency: | Odisha |
Term End: | 2 April 2020 |
Term Start: | 7 December 2015 |
Predecessor: | TBA |
Successor: | Munna Khan |
Birth Date: | 1939 6, df=y |
Birth Place: | Tandikana, Cuttack district, Odisha |
Death Cause: | hearth attack |
Residence: | Khari Sahi, Tandikana, Cuttack district |
Party: | Biju Janata Dal |
Profession: | Politician, Social Worker, Advocate |
Spouse: | Suprava Swain |
Children: | Two sons and two daughters |
Education: | B.A., LL.B. |
Alma Mater: | Christ College, Cuttack Madhusudan Law College, Cuttack |
Website: | Rajya Sabha |
Narendra Kumar Swain (June 25, 1939 – September 7, 2020) was an Indian politician from Odisha state. He was elected unopposed[1] to the Rajya Sabha the Upper house of Indian Parliament from Odisha as a Biju Janata Dal candidate.[2] He died September 7, 2020, after undergoing treatment at a hospital in Cuttack.[3]
He joined the Communist Party of India in 1968 and quitted it in 1990. He joined Janata Dal in 1990 and was appointed General Secretary of Odisha Janata Dal in 1992. When Naveen Patnaik split Janata Dal in Odisha, he joined Biju Janata Dal in 2000 and was appointed as its General Secretary in 2001. He was Chairman of Odisha State Seeds Corporation from 2010 to 2013 and Odisha Tourism Development Corporation from 2013 to 2015.
Swain died from COVID-19 in 2020.[4]