Leaders pay Rich Tributes to Former Baliguda MLA Karendra Majhi

By Raj Sebastian

TNI Bureau: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP state president Manmohan Samal, and several other leaders visited the Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar and paid their respects to former Baliguda MLA Karendra Majhi, who passed away last night.

Several BJP leaders and hundreds of BJP workers condoled Majhi’s death and paid him floral tributes. Besides, they conveyed their solace to the bereaved family members.

Majhi’s mortal remains was taken to the Odisha Legislative Assembly where all the Ministers and MLAs of different parties along with Speaker Surama Padhy and Deputy  Chief Ministers Pravati Parida and Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo paid their tributes by offering floral wreaths.

The State Assembly Speaker also took to her X handle and expressed her condolences for the former Baliguda MLA’a death.

Later, his body will be taken to the BJP state office, where leaders and dignitaries will pay their last respects. Then it will be taken to his native village in Kandhamal district where his last rites will be performed.

The deceased leader was a two-time MLA from the Baliguda constituency. He had won the elections in 2004 and 2009 on BJP tickets.

Majhi was a prominent leader from the Kutia Kondh community in Kandhamal district and was the first postgraduate from the community.

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Meanwhile, the news of Majhi’s demise sent shockwaves across the district.

Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Odisha LoP Naveen Patnaik also expressed their deep sorrow after learning about Majhi’s death and prayed for his souls to rest in peace and solace for his family members.

BJP National Vice President Baijayant Panda also condoled the former legislator’s death. “I am deeply saddened and shocked to hear the news of the untimely demise of Shri Karendra Majhi, former MLA from Baliguda constituency, Kandhamal district and leader of our party. As a public representative, his developmental work in the local area will be remembered forever. I pray for the eternal peace of the departed soul and express my condolences to the bereaved family, he wrote on X handle.

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