BJD MLA Kishore Mohanty passes away at 64

Sambad English Bureau Published On : Dec 30, 2021 at 7:10 PM Updated On : Dec 30, 2021 at 7:17 PM

Bhubaneswar: BJD MLA and former Speaker Kishore Mohanty died today evening. Mohanty, who was Brajrajnagar sitting MLA, passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Jharsuguda. He was 64.

Mohanty suffered from a heart attack earlier in the day following which he was admitted to the hospital in Jharsuguda.

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In 2019 election, Mohanty was elected from the Brajrajnagar Assembly constituency from BJD ticket and defeated BJP candidate Radha Rani Panda.

Mohanty was Speaker of the State Assembly from 2007-09. He was the government chief whip from 2004-07.

He was elected to the State Assembly thrice from Jharsuguda Assembly seat.

He worked as the Western Odisha Development Council (WODC) Chairman from 2014 to 2019.