BJD LEADER PRADEEP MAHARATHY NO MORE (!),

Bureau,Odishabarta

BHUBANESWAR: In a huge loss to the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD),  Pipili MLA and party senior leader Pradeep Maharathy, who had been associated with the party consistently for the last two decades, breathed his last at a private hospital here today.The seven-time MLA was 65 and is survived by wife Prativa Maharathy, son Rudra Pratap Maharathy and daughter Pallavi Maharathy.

He was admitted to the hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19 on September 14 and was undergoing treatment ever since. He was on ventilator support since Friday when his condition turned critical and under observation by the doctors.

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