Senior Congress leader and former DGM of Ferro Chrome plant, Jajpur Road laxmidhar Nayak passed away on Wednesday at his village Janha under Korai Block following a brain stroke.
He was 72 and is survived by wife Basanti, two sons and a daughter.
Hundreds of persons, including eminent poet Suryamani Khuntia, former Vyasanagar Municipality Vice-Chairman Pramod Parida, Hrudananda Samal, Vyasadev Mandal BJP president Nityananda Mahalik and media cell president Dushmanta Rout, Jajpur district Yuva Morcha president Ayodhyanath Jena, BJP leader Arun Das, Congress leaders Sudhanidhi Mohapatra, Padmanav Swain, Hrusikesh Swain, Maya Mallick, Madhusudan Sahoo, Natabar Biswal, Saroj Mohanty, Ghanashyam Panda and Prafulla Nayak and BJD leader Sarada Das, visited the deceased leader’s house to pay him their last respects.