Kadraka was elected to the Odisha Assembly twice from Bissam Cuttack (ST) constituency in Rayagada district. While he was elected on a Janata Dal ticket in 1990, he got re-elected again in 2000 on a BJD ticket.
Kadraka,a Dongaria Kondh, was opposed to the mining of bauxite in the Niyamgiri hills by the Vedanta and had described Niyamgiri Hill as a Kamadhenu which protects and nurtures the local people and compared Vedanta with an Asur (demon) who wanted to destroy it.
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