It has been a marked shift for Santrupt Misra, who took voluntary retirement from his high-flying corporate job to embark on a political career.
The business attire of suit and boots has been replaced with kurta, pyjama, sleeveless jacket, and chappal. He is no longer surrounded by business executives, board members, and consultants. Instead, political activists and those aspiring to gain from his political journey have descended at his residence in Cuttack, far away from his cosy home in Mumbai.
Mr. Misra, 58, joined the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the ruling party in Odisha, earlier this year “to serve the people of my home State”. He is the BJD candidate for the Cuttack Lok Sabha constituency, which goes to the polls on May 25.
