Former Odisha CM Hemananda Biswal Passes Away At 82
Former Odisha Chief Minister and Congress leader Hemananda Biswal breathed his last while undergoing treatment for pneumonia, on February 25. In addition, the veteran leader served as Odisha’s Chief Minister twice and was the first tribal chief minister of the state. "Anguished by the passing away of former Odisha CM Hemananda Biswal Ji. He was active in public life,'' wrote PM Narendra Modi in a Tweet.