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Senior Cong Leader Sabitri Chowdhury Passes Away In Cuttack
The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar
|March 08, 2025
SENIOR leader and former vice-president of the Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) Sabitri Chowdhury passed away at her residence in Tulasipur of Cuttack on Thursday night.
She was 85 and suffering from prolonged illness.
A former chairperson of the State Social Welfare Board, Chowdhury was among the few Congress leaders of the last generation who had grassroots connect. She was known for her organisational skills and social work which endeared her to common people.
This story is from the March 08, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Bhubaneswar.
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