Lalit Mohan Gandhi (2 October 1951 – 6 December 2016) was an

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

politician from

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. He was inducted into the Youth Congress during the Emergency as one of the Sanjay storm-troopers. Elected in the

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election in 1977 and 1980 from Titlagarh constituency. In 1980, he retained his Titlagarh seat due to the "Indira Wave" and served as Minister of State, Information Broadcasting and Public Relations and Planning and Coordination under

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (3 January 1927 – 21 April 2015) was an Indian politician who had been Governor of Assam from 2009 to 2014. A leader of the Indian National Congress, he was Chief Minister of Odisha from 1980 to 1989 and again from 1995 ...

. He was also a renowned writer and had penned many short stories, Hindi poems and composed Sambalpuri songs. Gandhi died on 6 December 2016, of injuries suffered while trying to reboard his train after a brief halt at Khariar Road railway station. He is survived by his wife (Mandira Gandhi) , two daughters and a son (Maleena Gandhi, Leena Gandhi and Avinash Gandhi respectively.) Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik condoled the death of Gandhi. “My thoughts and prayers with the bereaved family,” wrote the CM on his twitter handle.Condole demise of ex-minister & former MLA, Sri Lalit Mohan Gandhi in rail accident at Khariar. My thoughts & prayers with bereaved family — Naveen Patnaik (@Naveen_Odisha
December 6, 2016
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