Bhubaneswar, Sept. 18 -- The Odisha Assembly today condoled the demise of sitting MLA Rajendra Dholkia, six former legislators, and two security personnel who passed away during the period between the last and the current session of the House.
Rajendra Dholakia, a four-time legislator from Nuapada and former minister in the Naveen Patnaik government, passed away on September 8 at the age of 69.
The six former members who died were former minister and Deputy Speaker Bibhuti Bhusan Singh Mardaraj, Prasanna Kumar Pattnaik, Karendra Majhi, Niranjan Hembram, Prafulla Kumar Bhanj, and Mohammad Rafique.
The two deceased security personnel were Loknath Sabar, former constable of the Odisha Armed Police Force, and Laxman Majhi, former constable o...