Pratap Jena

Pratap Jena is an Indian politician and a former Cabinet Minister in the Sixteenth Odisha Legislative Assembly, holding portfolios in Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water, Law, Housing & Urban Development (2019–2022). He has been elected as MLA from Mahanga for five consecutive terms and serves as the General Secretary of the Biju Krushak Janata Dal, the farmers' wing of the Biju Janata Dal. Previously, he held key ministerial positions, including Minister of School and Mass Education (2009–2012) and Minister of Health & Family Welfare, Law, and I&PR (2017–2019).