Cuttack: Former Rajya Sabha member Narendra Swain breathed his last while undergoing treatment at a private COVID Hospital in Cuttack on Monday afternoon. He was 81.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik expresse
d grief over his demise and conveyed his deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
Swain was elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament as a BJD candidate on December 7, 2015.
He was also a member of Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture and Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Mines.