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| name = Upasna Mohapatra<br />
| image = Upasna Mohapatra Odisha.jpg<br />
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| caption = Mohapatra at Bhubaneswar<br />
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|20 June 1997}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Brahmagiri, Odisha|Brahmagiri]], [[Puri district|Puri]], [[Odisha]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[KIIT International School]], [[Sophia College for Women]]<br />
| nationality = [[India]] <br />
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'''Upasna Mohapatra''' is a youth leader of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<br />
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==Biography==<br />
Hailing from [[Brahmagiri, Odisha]], Mohapatra is the great granddaughter of [[Bakshi Jagabandhu|Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar]] who pioneered the [[Paika Rebellion|Paika rebellion]] in East India which happens to be the very first rebellion against the British empire (1817), much before the Sepoy mutiny (1857).<br />
Her political career has been passed on to her from her late father [[Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/bhubaneswar/lalatendu-bidyadhar-mohapatras-daughter-to-step-into-politics/articleshow/56083541.cms|title=Lalatendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra's daughter to step into politics | date=20 December 2016 | newspaper=The Times of India| access-date=8 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170528234519/http://m.timesofindia.com/city/bhubaneswar/lalatendu-bidyadhar-mohapatras-daughter-to-step-into-politics/articleshow/56083541.cms|archive-date=2017-05-28|url-status=live}}</ref> who was a leader of Odisha Congress.<br />
She studied in two private schools of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack and pursued higher studies in [[Sophia College for Women|Sophia College]], Mumbai from 2015.<br />
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Although Mohapatra had not confirmed her political career until October 2017 <ref>{{Citation|last=Kanak News|title=Exclusive Interview With Upasna Mohapatra|date=2017-01-27|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDnnMbQHUD0|accessdate=2017-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305045654/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDnnMbQHUD0|archive-date=2017-03-05|url-status=live}}</ref> she had been in the limelight after being active in the 2014 general elections<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://odishasuntimes.com/2017/01/25/odisha-panchayat-polls-upasna-mohapatra-campaigns-congress/|title=Odisha panchayat polls: Upasna Mohapatra campaigns for Congress|last=Desk|first=Odisha Sun Times Editorial|date=2017-01-25|website=OdishaSunTimes.com|access-date=2017-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211112143/http://odishasuntimes.com/2017/01/25/odisha-panchayat-polls-upasna-mohapatra-campaigns-congress/|archive-date=2017-02-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> and raising her voice in several political and social matters. She has been prominent in the regional media.<br />
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On 14 October 2017 she joined the BJP under the leadership of [[Dharmendra Pradhan|Dharmendra]] Pradhan. She was appointed the state coordinator of BJP in August 2018 and state convener of the I support Modi campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odishatime.com/bjp-upasana-mohapatra/|title=ଆଇ ସପୋର୍ଟ ମୋଦି କ୍ୟାମ୍ପେନର ରାଜ୍ୟ ସଂଯୋଜିକା ହେଲେ ଉପାସନା ମହାପାତ୍ର|work=odishatime.co.uk|date=6 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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Upasna spearheaded the Brahmagiri assembly campaign for her uncle Lalitendu Bidyadhar Mohapatra in the 2019 Assembly elections where he took the seat of Brahmagiri and is the current MLA of Brahmagiri Assembly segment.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}}<br />
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In June 2019, shortly after the announcement of the election results, Upasna got engaged to Mumbai-based businessman Subhransu Sekhar Biswal in a formal ceremony in Bhubaneswar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sambad.in/state/upasana-share-about-her-marraige-409722/|title=ଉପାସନା କହିଲେ ମନର କଥା: ବାପାଙ୍କ ରାସ୍ତାରେ ଯିବେ, ବିବାହ ପରେ ରାଜନୀତି ମଇଦାନକୁ ଓହ୍ଲାଇବେ ପୂରା ଦମରେ… &#124; Sambad|work=sambad.in|date=8 August 2019}}</ref><br />
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Subhransu and Upasna tied the knot on 17.02.2021 in an intimate ceremony surrounded by friends and family.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Upasna Lalatendu Mohapatrra on Instagram: “Subhransu and I tied the knot on 17.02.2021 in an intimate ceremony surrounded by friends and family. We seek your blessings as we embark…”|url=https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLa-8l8Fdy3/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Instagram|language=en}}</ref><br />
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On March 16, 2021 Mahapatra along with around 20 people allegedly roughed up tenants of a house in Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://odishatv.in/odisha-news/odisha-businessman-attacked-house-vandalised-by-hired-goons-in-bhubaneswar-527110|title=Odisha: Businessman Attacked, House Vandalised}}</ref> Mahapatra was booked for assaulting the tenant, 17 people were arrested over the incident.<ref>{{cite web |title=Odisha BJP leader Upasna Mohapatra booked for assaulting tenant in Bhubaneswar |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2021/mar/17/odisha-bjp-leader-upasna-mohapatra-booked-for-assaulting-tenant-in-bhubaneswar-2277823.html |website=The New Indian Express |access-date=21 April 2021 |date=17 March 2021}}</ref><br />
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