{{Short description|Indian politician from Odisha}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Rama Chandra Kadam | office = CLP leader in Odisha Assembly | term_start = 21 July 2024 | predecessor = Narasingha Mishra | office1 = Member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly | term_start1 = 2024 | predecessor1 = Pitam Padhi | constituency1 = Pottangi | term2 = 2009 – 2014 | predecessor2 = Jayaram Pangi | successor2 = Prafulla Kumar Pangi | constituency2 = Pottangi | term3 = 1995 – 2000 | predecessor3 = Jayaram Pangi | successor3 = Jayaram Pangi | constituency3 = Pottangi | birth_date = {{Birth date and age |df=y|1964|11|22}} | parents = | spouse = | children = 1 son & 1 daughter | party = Indian National Congress | occupation = Agriculturist, Social Work | alma_mater = | image = }} '''Rama Chandra Kadam''' (born 22 November 1964) is an Indian tribal leader, social worker and politician from Odisha and a member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Pottangi constituency. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and a three time elected MLA, making him one of the senior most member in the current MLA cohort of the Odisha Pradesh Congress in the Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Odisha 2024|url=https://www.myneta.info/Odisha2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=5|access-date= 27 Aug 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rama Chandra Kadam|url=https://odishaassembly.nic.in/memberprofile.aspx?img=173|access-date= 27 Aug 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rama Chandra Kadam wins from Pottangi|url=https://www.news18.com/elections/pottangi-election-result-2024-live-updates-highlights-assembly-winner-loser-leading-trailing-mla-margin-8917575.html|date=4 Jun 2024|access-date= 27 Aug 2024}}</ref><ref>Statistical Report on General Elections, [year] to the Legislative Assembly of [name of State].: Gujarat, 1995. (1997). India: Election Commission of India. Pg-84</ref>
He belongs to the Gadaba tribe which is an ethnic group and are classified as scheduled tribe in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha who speak the Gutob language which belongs to the Austroasiatic language family.
Rama was born to Urdhab Kadam. He is married to Devaki Kadam together they have one son and a daughter.
Rama has consistently been active in raising important issues in the Assembly, voicing his concerns and that of the Indian National Congress MLA Cohort and of the party state unit.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2025-05-26 |title=Kadam seeks CB probe into death of two school students |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bhubaneswar/2025/May/26/kadam-seeks-cb-probe-into-death-of-two-school-students |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-06-29 |title=Puri stampede: Congress leader Rama Chandra Kadam blames state govt for mismanagement |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/puri-stampede-congress-leader-rama-chandra-kadam-blames-state-govt-for-mismanagement/articleshow/122139563.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2025-12-11 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Statesman News |date=2025-09-18 |title=Odisha Congress submits notice for no-confidence motion against 15-month-old BJP government |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/odisha-congress-submits-notice-for-no-confidence-motion-against-15-month-old-bjp-government-1503488140.html |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=The Statesman |language=en}}</ref> He has been raising concerns in the house regarding introduction of an Integrated Teacher Education Programme in government colleges across Koraput, Rayagada and Malkangiri districts of Odisha.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-23 |title=Pottangi MLA urges govt to set up ITEP in Koraput |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/pottangi-mla-urges-govt-to-set-up-itep-in-koraput/articleshow/121345807.cms |access-date=2025-12-11 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
On 21 July 2024 he was appointed Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader in Odisha Legislative Assembly.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rama chandra Kadam appointed as CLP leader Odisha |url=https://odishabytes.com/odisha-pradesh-congress-committee-dissolved-rama-kadam-appointed-clp-leader/|date=21 Jul 2024|access-date= 27 Aug 2024}}</ref> He is part of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee panel created to probe the public humiliation and torture of two Dalit men who transporting cattle. The panel seeks to investigate as why The two Dalit men were allegedly tonsured, assaulted and forced to crawl on their knees and consume grass and drain water on suspicion of cattle smuggling.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dalit Assault Odisha: Congress Probes Mob Torture of 2 Men Over Cattle Smuggling Suspicion |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/odisha/congress-expresses-anguish-over-torture-of-2-dalit-men-in-odisha-forms-panel-to-conduct-probe-3600019 |access-date=2025-12-11 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
Rama is currently Chairman of the Departmentally Related Standing Committee VI and also is a member of the Business Advisory Committee and Public Accounts Committee of the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He as leader of the Congress lawmaker cohort in the Odisha Assembly has been very vocal about creation of a House Standing Committee on women safety.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congress leader Kadam demands House committee for women in Odisha |url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/congress-leader-kadam-demands-house-committee-for-women-in-odisha20250325110331/ |access-date=2025-12-19 |website=ANI News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Service |first=Express News |date=2025-03-25 |title=Speaker suspends 12 Congress MLAs for disrupting proceedings in Odisha Assembly |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2025/Mar/25/speaker-suspends-12-congress-mlas-for-disrupting-proceedings-in-odisha-assembly |access-date=2025-12-19 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kadam, Rama Chandra}} Category:Orissa MLAs 1995–2000 Category:Odisha MLAs 2009–2014 Category:Odisha MLAs 2024–2029 Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha Category:Living people Category:1964 births