Three-time Bijepur Congress MlA Subal Sahu passed away at a private hospital here on Tuesday. He was suffering from cancer. He was 56.
After being treated in Mumbai, he had returned to Bhubaneswar recently. However, he finally succumbed to the disease.
Born on March 11, 1961 at Barpali in Bargarh district, Sahu was elected to the Odisha legislative Assembly consecutively in 2004, 2009 and 2014 from the Bijepur constituency in the district defying the pro-BJD wave.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, leader of Opposition in State Assembly Narasingha Mishra, PCC president Prasad Harichandan, former PCC chief Niranjan Patnaik, Union Ministers Jual Oram and Dharmendra Pradhan, BJP president Basant Panda, BJP Bargarh district MlA Pradeep Purohit, among many leaders, expressed grief over Sahu’s untimely demise.
Several leaders, including Naveen Patnaik an Narasingha Mishra, visited the hospital to pay their last respects to the departed leader. Sahu’s body was later taken to his native place Barpali in Bargarh district for cremation.