Sangram Keshari Jena, son of former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Jayadev Jena, succumbed to Covid-19 at a hospital in Hyderabad on Thursday morning, his brother Manoj Jena said. He was 44. Sangram, a former Odisha Pradesh Youth Congress president, was shifted to Hyderabad hospital by air ambulance in May after his condition deteriorated due to Covid-19 related complications. Earlier, he was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, where ECMO treatment was not available. Condolence messages from party leaders, including PCC president Niranjan Patnaik and State Youth Congress president Dr Smruti Ranjan Lenka, poured in mourning Sangram’s untimely demise.