Congress Candidate For Pipili Bypoll Ajit Mangaraj Dies Of COVID-19 | OTV News

Ajit Mangaraj, Congress candidate for Pipili Bypoll (File Pic)

Puri: Ajit Mangaraj, Congress’ candidate for the Pipili bypoll,  succumbed to COVID-19 an infection on Wednesday. He was present process remedy at Apollo Hospitals in Bhubaneswar.
Public Relations Officer at Apollo Hospitals Rakesh Ray confirmed the passing away of the Congress candidate and stated that Mangaraj had been present process remedy for COVID-19 an infection within the hospital.
On April 10, Mangaraj by way of his official Facebook web page knowledgeable about getting contaminated and wrote, “I have been undergoing treatment after got diagnosed for Covid-19.”
Following the demise of Mangaraj, speculations are rife over the probabilities of conducting the bypoll to the Pipili meeting constituency scheduled to be held on April 17.
The bypoll was necessitated following the demise of BJD MLA Pradeep Maharathy.