Bhubaneswar: Veteran Biju Janata Dal leader and five-time MLA from Padampur, Bijay Ranjan Singh Bariha has passed away. He passed away in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar late yesterday night.
He was 65 years old. Bijay Ranjan Bariha was a MLA from Padampur in Bargarh District between 1990 and 2000 from Janata Dal. He was again elected to the Odisha assembly in 2000, 2009 and 2019 from Biju Janata Dal. He also served as a minister in the Biju Janata Dal Government.