BJD LEADER SUBASH CHAUHAN PASSES AWAY (!).

Manoj Kanta Dash/bhagabat Padhi,Odishabarta

Bhubaneswar:Chaiperson Western Odisha Development Council BJD leadera Subas Chouhan passes in a private hospital here on Sunday morning after a prolonged illness. He was 54.

According to source,Chauhan was reportedly admitted to the private hospital on April 30 and undergoing treatment for liver cancer.

Chauhan was appointed Chairperson of WODC in September last year. Chauhan, who was a die-hard RSS and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) member, had quit BJP ahead of the 2019 general elections and joined BJD after he was denied a ticket for Bargarh Lok Sabha seat.

Though Chauhan had lost to BJD’s Prabhas Singh in 2014 election by a margin of around 11,178 votes, he garnered huge popularity and support in the parliamentary constituency and was considered as BJP’s candidate for the 2019 polls. However, BJP fielded Suresh Pujari from the Bargarh LS constituency.

Notably,Chauhan  was Ex-President of National Bajrang Dal and RSS pracharak had a prolific record.Western Odisha mourned grief for such departed Leader for heavenly abode.