Senior Orissa BJP leader, ex-MP B.K. Deo is dead

Senior Orissa BJP leader, ex-MP B.K. Deo is dead Bhubaneswar, Oct 7 : Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Lok Sabha MP Bikram Keshari Deo died following cardiac arrest Wednesday in Orissa's Kalahandi district, his family said. He was 57.

Deo was a member of the state assembly for three consecutive terms from 1985 to 1995. He was also a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabhas.

Deo, a scion of the Kalahandi royal family, was also a leader of the BJP legislature party in the state assembly from 1990 to 1995. He died in his home town Bhabanipatna and is survived by his wife and two daughters. (IANS)