{"id":98952,"date":"2025-03-17T06:57:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T06:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=98952"},"modified":"2025-03-17T06:57:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T06:57:25","slug":"dharmendra-pradhans-father-ex-union-minister-debendra-pradhan-dies-at-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alertindianews.in\/?p=98952","title":{"rendered":"Dharmendra Pradhan’s Father, Ex-Union Minister Debendra Pradhan, Dies At 84"},"content":{"rendered":"

Veteran BJP leader Debendra Pradhan, who was a minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, died on Monday, officials said.<\/p>\n

He was 84, and survived by his son Dharmendra Pradhan, the Union education minister.<\/p>\n

Mr Pradhan, the former Odisha BJP president, breathed his last in New Delhi.<\/p>\n

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi said he was a popular public leader and an able parliamentarian.<\/p>\n

“He had discharged his duties as the Union Minister for Transport and Agriculture from 1999 to 2001 with efficiency. As a public representative and MP, he had become the object of the common people’s affection by doing many welfare works,” Majhi said.<\/p>\n

“He dedicated his entire life for the development of the state with a spirit of service and determination,” he added.<\/p>\n

Majhi said the country and the state lost a distinguished public servant.<\/p>\n

The CM also spoke to his son and expressed his condolences.<\/p>\n

Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Naveen Patnaik said Mr Pradhan will be remembered for his unparalleled organisational skills and unwavering personality.<\/p>\n

“The state has lost an influential political figure and popular politician in the demise of Dr Pradhan,” he said.<\/p>\n

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