| File:Kalpataru Das.jpg
| |
| Office | Member: Rajya Sabha |
|---|---|
| Office | Member: Odisha Legislative Assembly
|
| Term start | 3 April 2014 |
| Term end | 25 July 2015
|
| Predecessor | Gurcharan Tikayat |
| Successor | Pranab Kumar Balabantaray
|
| Constituency | Dharmasala |
| Born | 1948-02-7[1] |
| Born | Bhotaka, Jajpur district, Odisha, India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Delhi, India |
| Nationality | Indian
|
| Political party | Biju Janata Dal(1997-2015) |
| Spouse | Pratimaa Das |
| Children | 03 son
|
| Occupation | Politician
|
Kalpataru Das (7 February 1948 – 25 July 2015)[2][3][4] was an Indian politician from the Odisha state. He belonged to the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) party. He won the Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 1995 from Dharmasala constituency of Jajpur district, which he held consecutively from 1995-2014. On 2 August 2012, he was given the portfolio of Panchayati Raj Minister. From 3 April 2014, he was an MP of Rajya Sabha.[5][6] In 2013, he was State Panchayati Raj Minister[7] and Parliamentary Affairs Minister.[8] He died on 25 July 2015, aged 67.[9] He was cremated on Sunday evening at Bhotaka in Tehsil Kuakhia, Jajpur district, from where he belonged, by his eldest son BJD MLA Pranab Balabantaray.[10][11]
References
- ↑ Kalpataru Das Biography. elections.in.
- ↑ Odisha: Kalpataru Das cremated with full state honourArchived copy.
- ↑ Rajya Sabha member Kalpataru Das dead
- ↑ Rajya Sabha member Kalpataru Das dies. IndiaToday.in.
- ↑ Orissa Assembly Election 2009 - Constituency: Dharmasala.
- ↑ Ghadei, Kalpataru Das: It's all in their families. Indian Express(15 April 2009).
- ↑ 2.1 lakh houses completely damaged in cyclone, floods: State Panchayati Raj Minister Kalpataru Das. Daily News and Analysis(10 December 2013).
- ↑ BJD leaders hit streets. The Telegraph (Calcutta).
- ↑ Rajya Sabha member Kalpataru Das dies. IndiaToday.in.
- ↑ BJD MLA Pranab Balabantaray
- ↑ Bhotaka village