Summary:
JB, a three-time chief minister and former Assam governor, and Jayanti, a three-time MP, also have two daughters. JB died of a heart attack on April 21, 2015.Interestingly, Begunia constituency in Khurda district was a Congress stronghold during JB’s rule. Their son-in-law, Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, is currently a BJD Rajya Sabha member and the younger brother of Niranjan Patnaik, state president of Congress. “I want Congress to win in Begunia, as well as across Odisha. I will try my best if the party considers me worthy of a ticket..