His tenure as Leader of Opposition lasted until 3 March the same year.
[1] PLP and its member organizations later merged into Bharatiya Lok Dal in the end of 1974.
This government under leadership of Bishwanath Das lasted about a year.
PLP staked claim to form government, but the Governor B.D Jatti dissolved the assembly and called for election.
It was led by 3 stalwarts of Orissa politics, Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo, Biju Patnaik, and Harekrushna Mahatab.