Former minister passes away due to Covid-19

A former minister has passed away due to coronavirus infection. Pradeep Maharathy, former minister and BJD MLA from Pipili constituency in Odisha has passed away due to Covid-19 on Sunday. He was aged 65. He was under treatment for coronavirus infection  at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar.

Pradeep Maharathy had tested positive for novel coronavirus on September 14. He was put on ventilator support due to deterioration of his health condition.

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Maharathy was elected to the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Pipili Assembly constituency for the first time in 1985 on Janata Party ticket. He was elected as a legislator seven times from Pipili out of which five times were on Biju Janata Dal (2000-2019) ticket and once each on Janata Party (1985) and Janata Dal (1990) tickets.

Maharathy was minister in charge of e Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Supply, Agriculture and Fisheries  in Odisha.