Former Mahanga MLA Bikram Keshari Barma succumbed to post-Covid-19 complications while undergoing treatment at a private hospital here on Saturday. He was 81.
Barma had been elected to State Assembly on a BJD ticket in the 2004 elections. He was also Chairman of the Odisha State Cashew Development Corporation. He was also a writer and a leader of a teachers’ organisation.
Condolences poured in from different quarters for the departed soul after news of Barma’s demise spread. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, present Mahanga MLA and Panchayati Raj Minister Pratap Jena, former State Seeds Corporation Chairman Golak Bihari Nayak and many other leaders mourned his death. Jena said Barma would always be remembered for his developmental works in the Mahanga constituency.