Bhubaneswar: The Odisha BJP on Thursday mourned the death of its senior leader and former Puri Zilla Parishad president Shankarsan Parida, who breathed his last while undergoing treatment for lung cancer at AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.

He was serving as BJP’s Panchayat Cell state coordinator. ADVERTISEMENT

According to sources, Parida, who was also a poet, was first admitted to Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre in Cuttack. He was then shifted to Tata Memorial Hospital in Mumbai, and Capital Hospital in Bhubaneswar, before being admitted to AIIMS here in a critical condition. He celebrated his birthday and wrote his last poem in the hospital bed.

He is survived by his wife, a college lecturer, and two daughters.

BJP state president Manmohan Samal described Parida as an soft-spoken yet effi

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