Samir Dey was undergoing treatment at a private hospital, where he breathed his last.
Born on January 10, 1957, Samir Dey had been elected as Odisha Rajya Sabha MLA in three consecutive polls -- 1995, 2000 and 2004. Representing BJP, Dey was elected from Cuttack constituency.
He had served as the Minister of Higher Education & Urban Development during the BJD-BJP Alliance government in the state.
An advocate by profession, Dey was the Minister of Urban Development in the first Naveen Patnaik-led ministry from 2000-04. He had then served as the Minister of Urban Development 2004-09.
Reports say that it was Samir Dey who made Cuttack as stronghold of BJP in 1995. Before this, BJP had been called a 'Party of Western Odisha'.
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