Former Baleswar MP and former Bhograi MLA Kartikeswar Patra passed away on Monday night. He was 79.
Patra was suffering from fever and had tested positive for Covid-19. He complained of severe illness in the evening and was being shifted to a hospital in Bhubaneswar in an ambulance when he breathed his last at around 11.40 pm near Panikoili.
Patra had successfully contested the 1991 Lok Sabha polls from the Baleswar constituency as a Congress candidate. He was also elected to Odisha Legislative Assembly from the Bhograi seat thrice (1971,1974 and 1980).