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Mortal remains of Health Minister Naba Das were consigned to flames with full state honours

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Jharsuguda:30/1/23: Mortal remains of Health Minister Naba Das were consigned to flames with full state honours at Kherual in Jharsuguda on Monday.

Vishal Das, the son of the deceased leader lighted the funeral pyre in presence of host of leaders and thousands of well-wishers.

Das was accorded a guard of honour and gun salute before cremation.

Finance Minister Niranjan Pujari, Agriculture Minister Ranendra Pratap Swain, Food Supplies Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Higher Education Minister Rohit Pujari, Textiles and Handicrafts Minister Rita Sahoo, Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu,  MLA Dibya Shankar Mishra, and hundreds of leaders were present during the funeral.

5T Secretary VK Pandian and former Chief Secretary AP Padhee also attended.

Following his death on Sunday evening at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, his body was taken in a procession to the Odisha Assembly where many party leaders paid their last respects to the departed soul. Governor Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik paid tributes to the three-time MLA at this official residence in Bhubaneswar this morning.

Thousands of people bade a tearful adieu to Das as his mortal remains reached his home city from Bhubaneswar.

Business establishments and educational institutions and some government offices in the district remained closed during the day, with locals pouring out on the streets to shower flowers on the hearse carrying the departed leader’s remains, which drove through the streets of Jharsuguda town on its way to his home.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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