Lalit Mohan Gandhi

Lalit Mohan Gandhi (2 October 1951 – 6 December 2016) was an Indian National Congress politician from Odisha.

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's cabinet.

[1][2][3] 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.

“My thoughts and prayers with the bereaved family,” wrote the CM on his twitter handle.