India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
Bhubaneswar, July 07: Growing up in the forests of Koraput and working among tribals across Odisha as a Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram functionary, Bishweswar Tudu, a first time Lok Sabha member, has emerged as the state’s tribal face in the Union cabinet.
A diploma holder in Electrical Engineering, Tudu joined BJP after quitting a state government job with the Balimela hydro-electricity generation project. He won the 2019 general elections from the reserved Mayurbhanj seat.
Though the Mayurbhanj seat was held by Naveen Patnaik’s BJD in 2009 and 2014 elections, it was Tudu’s hard work and clean image that ensured the saffron party’s victory in the 2019 elections. Of the 9 assembly constituencies in Mayurbhanj district, six are held by BJP representatives while three other seats are held by BJD.
The son of former soldier Sukil Tudu,…