Bhubaneswar, Feb. 16 -- Former BJD MLA Raseswari Panigrahi is critically ill and currently undergoing treatment at her residence in Shanti Nagar locality of Sambalpur district. Her health condition is serious due to neurological complications, sources said on Monday.

The senior doctor had become critical since last evening. She is not able to speak now.

Panigrahi, who represented Sambalpur constituency in the 2014 Odisha Legislative Assembly as a member of the Biju Janata Dal, has been receiving medical care at home.

Before entering politics, she had a distinguished career in medicine. She had completed her MBBS from Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR) and joined government service in 1972 as a Gynaeco...