Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangha (RSS) Odisha first Pranta Sanghchalak and senior advocate Bhupendra Kumar Basu passed away at his residence in Cuttack on Wednesday morning. He was 103.
The RSS activities had begun in Odisha under Basu’s leadership. He was also associated with many other institutions like the Vishva Hindu Parishad. His death was mourned by the RSS leaders, lawyers and local residents in Cuttack. RSS Pranta Sanghachalak (Purva Odisha) Samir Kumar Mohanty also mourned the death of Basu and expressed his condolence to his family members.
The BJP State unit also mourned the death of the RSS leader. Party State president Basanta Panda, State secretary (organisation) Sarada Prasad Satpathy, national secretary Suresh Pujari, national general secretary Arun Singh and national joint general secretary (organisation) Soudan Singh, who are on a visit to the State, Minister Jual Oram and Dharmendra Pradahan and senior leaders Biswabhusan Harichandan, KV Singh Deo, Bijay Mohapatra, Manmohan Samal and Pratap Sadangi expressed their deep condolence for Basu’s death.