Bhubaneswar: Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union Minister Dr. Debendra Pradhan passed away at the age of 84 on Monday at the official residence of his son, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, in Delhi. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed profound sadness over Pradhan’s death, praising him as a “popular leader.