Kishore Kumar Mohanty

Kishore Kumar Mohanty was an Indian politician who served as Member of Rajya Sabha from Odisha,^[1][2] Speaker and Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Jharsuguda Assembly constituency and Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency^[3][4] and Chairman of Western Odisha Development Council.^[5][6]

Kishore Kumar Mohanty
Member of Rajya Sabha
In office 6 August 2009 – 3 April 2012 Serving with Parvez Hashmi
Constituency	Odisha
Speaker and Member of Odisha Legislative Assembly
In office 19 August 2008 – 25 May 2009
Constituency	Jharsuguda Assembly constituency and Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency
Chairman of Western Odisha Development Council
Personal details
Born	(1958-12-04)4 December 1958
Died	30 December 2021(2021-12-30) (aged 63)
Spouse	Alaka Mohanty
Parent	Golok Chandra Mohanty

Personal life

He was born on 4 December 1958 in a Karan family.^[7] On 30 December 2021, he died at the age of 63 due to a massive cardiac arrest while attending a meeting in Janta Dal United Office, Jharsuguda, after that he was rushed to a private hospital where he died.^{[8][9][10][11][12][13]} His wife Alka Mohanty succeeded him as Member of the Legislative Assembly.^{[14][15][16][17]} In 2019 Odisha Legislative Assembly election, he defeated Radharani Panda, former MLA by 80,152 votes with rate of 49% and margin of 11,634.^[18][19]

Honors

• In his death, Naveen Patnaik, Chief Minister of Odisha said "He was an efficient and popular leader of the party"^[10]
• In July 2022, obituaries were also paid to him in the Parliament of India^[20][21][22]