Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has expressed his grief on the demise of former Deputy Minister (Home) and MLA from Angul, Debaraj Sahu, who passed away at the age of 95 on Friday.
ପୂର୍ବତନ ମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ତଥା ଅନୁଗୋଳର ପୂର୍ବତନ ବିଧାୟକ ଦେବରାଜ ସାହୁଙ୍କ ଦେହାନ୍ତ ବିଷୟରେ ଜାଣି ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ। ତାଙ୍କ ଅମର ଆତ୍ମାର ସଦଗତି କାମନା କରିବା ସହ ଶୋକସନ୍ତପ୍ତ ପରିବାର ସଦସ୍ୟଙ୍କୁ ମୋର ସମବେଦନା ଜଣାଉଛି।
— Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha) February 26, 2022
Sahu was suffering from pneumonia for the last 15 days and was undergoing treatment at Kalinga Hospital in Bhubaneswar.
Born on January 03, 1929, Sahu had embraced law as his profession and had joined Congress Party in 1957. He became a Member of PCC in 1958 and a Member of AICC from 1962 to 1969. However, he joined Utkal Congress in 1971.
Sahu was the MLA of Angul from 1971-1973. He served as Deputy Minister (Home) from 1971 to 1974 in the Cabinet of former Odisha Chief Minister Biswanath Das.
