Former Chief Minister of _____ and veteran Congress leader and Hemananda Biswal passed away. 

Former Chief Minister of Odisha and veteran Congress leader and Hemananda Biswal passed away. He was 82. The first tribal chief minister of Odisha, he served in the top post twice, though for brief periods of three months each. The first time he was appointed as CM was from December 7, 1989 to March 3, 1990 and the second time, from December 6, 1999 to March 5, 2000. Biswal was elected to the assembly for the first time in 1974 from Laikera (ST) constituency on a Congress ticket. He last represented the constituency from 2000 to 2004. He was also elected to Lok Sabha from Sundargarh Parliamentary constituency in 2009.