constituency otherparty predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place children nationality party office birth_date term_start spouse article_title term_end name occupation
dharmasala janata -lrb- 1980-1985 -rrb- dal -lrb- 1977-1980 ,1985 -1997 -rrb- , bjp gurcharan tikayat pranab kumar balabantaray 25 july 2015 bhotaka , jajpur district , odisha , india delhi , india 03 son indian biju janata dal -lrb- 1997-2015 -rrb- member : rajya sabha member : odisha legislative assembly 15 august 1950 3 april 2014 1995 pratimaa das kalpataru das
 25 july 2015 2014 kalpataru das politician
kalpataru das

kalpataru das -lrb- 15 august 1950 - 25 july 2015 -rrb- was an indian politician from the odisha state .
he belonged to the biju janata dal -lrb- bjd -rrb- party .
he won the odisha legislative assembly election , 1995 from dharmasala constituency of jajpur district , which he held consecutively from 1995-2014 .
on 2 august 2012 , he was given the portfolio of panchayati raj minister .
from 3 april 2014 , he was an mp of rajya sabha .
in 2013 , he was state panchayati raj minister and parliamentary affairs minister .
he died on 25 july 2015 , aged 64 .
