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Former Deputy Speaker of Odisha Legislative Assembly and senior politician Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. He was 70.
A member of the royal family of Khandapada in Nayagarh district informed that Mardaraj had been undergoing treatment for cardiac-related ailments over the past few days. His condition deteriorated, and he breathed his last on Wednesday.
Mardaraj was a prominent political figure in Odisha during the 1980s and 1990s. He was elected as an MLA from the Khandapada Assembly constituency three times- in 1980, 1985, and 1995. Over his career, he held several ke...