Cuttack: Samir Dey passed away at a private hospital in Cuttack on Monday, said reports. Senior BJP leader and former Odisha Urban Development Minister Samir Dey had been admitted at a private hospital in Cuttack in a critical condition.
According to reports, Dey was undergoing treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU) of the private hospital in CDA area of the city as he is suffering from pneumonia.
Notably, the 67-year-old veteran politician was first elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly in 1995 from Cuttack. He won the seat twice again in 2000 and 2004 and was the Urban Development Minister from 2000 to 2004 and Higher Education Minister from 2004 to 2009 in the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition governments.
This is a developing story, further detailed reports awaited.
