Bishnu Charan Das

Bishnu Charan Das (9 October 1954 – 6 July 2020) was an Indian politician from the state of Odisha. He was a leader of the Biju Janata Dal and had previously contested seats in Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jagatsinghpur seat.

Bishnu Charan Das
Portrait of Bishnu Charan Das
Member of Rajya Sabha for Odisha
In office 2 July 2016 – 21 March 2017
Preceded by	Baishnab Charan Parida, BJD
Succeeded by	Pratap Keshari Deb
Constituency	Odisha[1]
Personal details
Born	(1954-10-09)9 October 1954
Died	6 July 2020(2020-07-06) (aged 65)
Political party	BJD

In 2016, he was the candidate of the party for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections. He was elected unopposed with Prasanna Acharya and N. Bhaskar Rao.^[2]

He resigned from Rajya Sabha on 21 March 2017 after being appointed deputy chairman of Odisha State Planning Board.^[3]

He died at a hospital in Bhubaneswar on 6 July 2020, weeks after he suffered a stroke.^[4]