Veteran CPI leader Dibakar Nayak dies at 72

advertisement

Bhubaneswar, Apr 20: Veteran Communist leader and former CPI Odisha secretary Dibakar Nayak died here on Sunday, party sources said.

advertisement

He was 72. Nayak, who was ailing for some time, breathed his last at the CPI state headquarters Bhagvati Bhavan in the Kharvel Nagar area in the city, they said.

advertisement

Leaders from different political parties including BJD coordination committee chairman Debi Prasad Mishra, BJD MLA RP Swain, BJD MLA Ganeswar Behera, CPI(M) leader Janardan Pati and many others paid their floral tributes at Nayak’s mortal remains kept at Bhagavati Bhawan.

Nayak influenced by left ideologies had started his political career as a member of AISF, the student wing of CPI. Later he joined the CPI and became its state secretary. He was also a member of the party’s national executive, a party leader said.

Born in Sendchitira village in Bhadrak district, Nayak was also a former editor of the party publication ‘Nua Dunia’.

His body was kept at the party’s state headquarters in Bhubaneswar and later taken to his ancestral village in Bhadrak district for last rites. (PTI)

advertisement

Hot this week

Pay hike of Assam ministers, MLAs likely as 3-member panel submits report

Full report likely by Oct 30 Guwahati Sept 25: There...

Meghalaya Biological Park Inaugurated After 25 Years: A New Chapter in Conservation and Education

Shillong, Nov 28: Though it took nearly 25 years...

ANSAM rejects Kuki’s separate administration demand, says bifurcation not acceptable

Guwahati, Sept 8: Rejecting the separate administration demand of...

Meghalaya man missing in Bangkok

Shillong, Jan 10: A 57-year-old Meghalaya resident, Mr. Treactchell...

Meghalaya’s historic fiber paves the way for eco-friendly products and sustainable livelihoods

By Roopak Goswami Shillong, Oct 25: From making earbuds to...

Job quota review under way, says Wahlang

Shillong, Aug 8: Chief Secretary DP Wahlang said the...

Crimes against women: State to appoint public prosecutors in all dists

Govt aims to improve the conviction rate by separating...

Group stresses need to safeguard Khasi matrilineal traditions

Shillong, Aug 8: A united delegation representing the Synjuk...

Titos elected as UDP general secretary

Shillong, Aug 8: The United Democratic Party (UDP) has...

NEHU lecture focuses on making NER a new growth pole by 2047

Shillong, Aug 8: An eminent social scientist lecture held...

Governor, NCW chief discuss social issues afflicting state

Shillong, Aug 8: Governor CH Vijayashankar held talks with...

Govt appoints 7-member panel to oversee land use change

Shillong, Aug 8: The state government has constituted a...

Bureaucratic reshuffle: 12 officials get new roles

Shillong, Aug 8: The state government on Friday issued...
spot_img

Related Articles

Popular Categories