Kamala Das (politician)

Kamala Das
Kamala Das
Minister for Health & Family Welfare; Government of Odisha
	In office; 2000–2001
Minister for Education and Youth Services; Government of Odisha
	In office; 1990–1995
Member of Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1990–2004
Preceded by	Umarani Patra
Succeeded by	Ananta Das
Constituency	Bhograi
Personal details
Born	16 August 1945; Balasore district, Odisha
Died	12 April 2024; Cuttack, Odisha
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Biju Janata Dal
Other political; affiliations	Janata Dal, INC

Kamala Das (16 August 1945 - 12 April 2024^[1]) was an Indian politician from Odisha. She was a former member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly representing the Bhograi Assembly constituency and served as minister for Education & Youth Services, Health & Family Welfare, Woman and Child Development in Biju Patnaik and Naveen Patnaik Ministry.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

Kamala Das was first elected as an MLA in 1990 from Bhograi Constituency in Balasore district on Janata Dal ticket. She was re-elected in 1995, and then again in 2000 as a BJD candidate. She served as MoS for Education & Youth Services, and MoS for Health & Family Welfare in the Biju Patnaik government from 1991 to 1996. She was also the Woman and Child Development Minister in the Naveen Patnaik Ministry from 2000 to 9 July 2001. She was dropped as minister in 2001 and later she switched over to Congress party and returned to the BJD in 2014.^{[citation needed]}

Political statistics

	Year	Contested for	Party	Constituency	Opponent	Votes	Majority	Result
1	1990^[2]	MLA	Janata Dal	Bhograi	Bijaya Kumar Pati (INC)	61687 - 38845	22842	Won
2	1995^[3]		Janata Dal		Umarani Patra (INC)	52824 - 38797	14027	Won
3	2000^[4]		Biju Janata Dal		Kartikeswar Patra (INC)	55763 - 54708	1055	Won

Death

Kamala Das was admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar after she complained of chest pain, during the course of the treatment, she was diagnosed with a lung infection and she was shifted to a hospital in Cuttack and died while undergoing treatment on 12 April 2024.^[5]^[6]