Baripada (Odisha), Nov 2 (PTI) Former Rajya Sabha member Bhagirathi Majhi died at a hospital in Odisha's Baripada on Monday following a brief illness, family sources said.

Majhi, 66, is survived by wife, a daughter and two sons, they said.

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He was undergoing treatment and breathed his last at a COVID Hospital at Bankisole, said Dr NR Das, the nodal officer of the hospital.

Majhi was elected to Rajya Sabha as a BJP nominee. He was the member of the Upper House of Parliament from March 24, 2006 to July 1, 2010.

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He also served as the president of Baripada Urban Cooperative Bank from 2004 to 2006. Majhi had joined politics after working for several years with a public sector bank.

Odisha Revenue Minister Sudam Marndi and several other dignitaries mourned the demise.

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