Pratap Sarangi, the simple activist becomes Minister of State

Pratap Chandra Sarangi, popularly known as Odisha's Modi, who was elected from the Balasore Lok Sabha constituency, sworn in as a Minister of State (MoS) in the Modi cabinet on Thursday. The RSS follower, is popular for riding around villages in a bicycle. He, however, campaigned in an auto rickshaw for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.