Overview

• He died around 1 a.m. in a Bhubaneswar hospital after roughly three months of treatment, according to his family.
• An aide said he had been suffering from liver complications that left him largely confined to bed in recent months.
• He won the Biramitrapur seat four times in 1995, 2000, 2009, and 2014, serving on JMM, Independent, and Samata Kranti Dal tickets.
• The Odisha Legislative Assembly paid homage as Naveen Patnaik, Deputy Chief Minister K V Singh Deo, and other leaders offered condolences.
• His last rites will be held in his ancestral village of Jhunmur, and his son Rohit now represents Biramitrapur as a BJD MLA after a 2024 victory.