Balasore: Veteran politician and former MLA of Balasore Sadar, Arun Dey, passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. He was 76.
The former legislator was admitted to AMRI hospital here in April after contracting COVID-19 infection. He breathed his last at 7.20 PM today, informed the hospital authorities.
The 75-year-old leader had last contested assembly election from Balasore in 2014 on an Indian National Congress (INC) ticket. However, he lost to Biju Janata Dal’s Jiban Pradip Das by a huge margin.
The senior leader had contested the 2009 Lok Sabha polls unsuccessfully on NCP ticket from the Balasore segment. NCP had a seat sharing arrangement with BJD during the last polls.
The five-time legislator has won thrice on CPI ticket, once as Independent and once on now-nonexistent Odisha Gana Parishad (OGP) ticket.
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