Kishore Kumar Mohanty | |
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Member of Rajya Sabha | |
In office 6 August 2009 –3 April 2012 Servingwith Parvez Hashmi | |
Constituency | Odisha |
Speaker and Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
In office 19 August 2008 –25 May 2009 | |
Constituency | Jharsuguda Assembly constituency and Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency |
Chairman of Western Odisha Development Council | |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 December 1958 |
Died | 30 December 2021 63) | (aged
Spouse | Alaka Mohanty |
Parent | Golok Chandra Mohanty |
Kishore Kumar Mohanty was an Indian politician who served as Member of Rajya Sabha from Odisha, [1] [2] Speaker and Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jharsuguda Assembly constituency and Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency [3] [4] and Chairman of Western Odisha Development Council. [5] [6]
He was born on 4 December 1958 in a Hindu Karan family. [7] On 30 December 2021,he died at the age of 63 due to a massive cardiac arrest while attending a meeting in Janta Dal United Office,Jharsuguda,after that he was rushed to a private hospital where he died. [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] His wife Alka Mohanty succeeded him as Member of the Legislative Assembly. [14] [15] [16] [17] In 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election,he defeated Radharani Panda,former MLA by 80,152 votes with rate of 49% and margin of 11,634. [18] [19]
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