Bhubaneswar: Former Speaker of Odisha Assembly Surya Narayan Patra passed away on Saturday. He was admitted to a hospital in Bhubaneswar and under treatment.
As per reports, Patra breathed his last at 7.31 pm on Saturday at a hospital in the capital city.
He was a MLA from the Digapahandi Assembly Constituency.
A senior leader of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Surya Narayan Patra served as minister for different departments in his long political career spanning over more than 3 decades. He had been elected as Member of Legislative Assembly for seven times. He was MLA from Mohana for four times and from Digapahandi of Ganjam for three times.