Staff Reporter

ITANAGAR, 18 Nov: Former parliamentary secretary and five-time MLA from Taliha assembly constituency, Leyu Punji Mara, breathed his last on Tuesday morning at his residence in Daporijo. He was 81.

One of the seniormost politicians of the state, late Mara had suffered a major brain stroke in early February 2019 and remained bedridden since then.

Born on 1 September, 1944, he received his basic education from Shanti Sena School in the late 1960s. He began his political journey in 1968 when he was elected as gram panchayat member, then as anchal samiti member, and as zilla parishad member.

He was first elected as an MLA from the undivided Taksing-Taliha assembly constituency in 1980. After bifurcation, he represented the 23-Taliha assembly constituency from 1995 till 2019,

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