By Our Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Former Union Minister and Dr Debendra Pradhan passed away on Monday. Dr Pradhan was 84.
Dr Debendra Pradhan is father of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.
Dr Pradhan was among the architect of Odisha BJP.
Odisha Deputy CM Pravati Parida, BJP leader Samir Mohanty, BJP MLA Tankadhar Tripathy were among those condoled the death soon after the news broke out.