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Dinesh Oraon

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Dinesh Oraon is an Indian politician and leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Jharkhand. He worked as a Speaker of Jharkhand Legislative Assembly from 2014 to 2019[1] and was elected twice from Sisai (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in 2000 and 2014 to the assembly.[2]

In the 2014 assembly election he defeated Geetashree Oraon, a former minister of Indian National Congress. He did not contest the 2005 and 2009 elections. Oraon was born in Murgu, sisai Gumla district in 1962 and studied M A and earned his PhD. He served Ranchi University as lecturer.

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  1. ^ Europa Publications (2016). The Territories and States of India 2016. Routledge. p. 330. ISBN 9781134993819.
  2. ^ "Dinesh Oraon unanimously elected Jharkhand Speaker". The Economic Times.