Bhubaneswar, Sep 2 : Former Odisha Assembly Speaker and Veteran Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader Surjya Narayan Patro passed away on Saturday following a protracted illness.
He was 75.
Patro was the sitting MLA from Digapahandi assembly constituency and closely associated with legendary political leader late Biju Patnaik.
A seven time MLA, and prominent political leader from South Odisha, Surjya Narayan Patro was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here following old age ailment.
Patro during his political career of three decades had held several portfolios in both Biju Patnaik and Naveen Patnaik cabinets
