Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha Minsiter Haraprasad Mahapatra passed away at his residence Wednesday due to a prolonged illness at the age of 97.
Mahapatra represented Soro constituency of Balasore district twice in the Odisha Legislative Assembly. He started his political carrier as a member of CPI in 1967 and later joined Janata Party in 1977.
He had formed the Labourer Organisation in 1964 and acted as Secretary-General of the Orissa Motor Transport Workers’ Union, Balasore. He was also worked as an editor in Daily ‘Swarajya’ from 1971-74.
Main-stream leaders of Odisha expressed their condolence over the veteran leader’s death.
They described the late Haraprasad Mahapatra as an able administrator and a seasoned politician.
PNN