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[Watch] Destination Wedding In Goa For Ex-MP From Odisha Pradeep Majhi

Bhubaneswar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and former Nabarangpur MP Pradeep Kumar Majhi got married to Sushree Sangita, a former journalist from Kendrapada, in Goa on Wednesday.

The wedding was an initiate affair attended by family members, close relatives, and friends.

According to sources, the haldi ceremony was held at 8 am and the wedding concluded by 6 pm.

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The politician had met Sushree in a gym about 3 years ago and became friends, which later bloomed into a love affair.

Majhi (49) expressed happiness regarding this new phase in his life, mentioning that he chose to marry because it could potentially alter his luck. His family members had also been urging him to get married.

The tribal leader was elected to the Lok Sabha representing the Nabarangpur constituency in Odisha on a Congress ticket in 2009. Before this, he served as the president of the Nabarangpur Zilla Parishad. He had a close association with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and previously held the position of president of the Youth Congress in Odisha before becoming the party’s executive president in the state. He switched to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) led by Naveen Patnaik in 2021, and contested the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections from Nabarangpur but lost to BJP’s Balabhadra Majhi.