Noted commercialized national person and erstwhile Odisha MLA George Tirkey died aboriginal connected Saturday (September 20, 2025), his household said. He was 67.
Tirkey, who was undergoing attraction astatine a infirmary present for the past 3 months owed to respective wellness issues, died astir 1 a.m.
His past rites volition beryllium performed astatine his ancestral colony Jhunmur, successful Sundergarh district.
Tirkey was elected to the assembly 4 times –1995, 2000, 2009 and 2014 – from Biramitrapur assembly conception successful Sundergarh district.
A fashionable tribal leader, Tirkey was elected doubly connected a JMM ticket, and erstwhile each arsenic an Independent campaigner and a nominee of Samata Kranti Dal, founded by him.
His lad Rohit Joseph Tirkey was elected to Biramitrapur assembly conception successful 2024 connected a BJD ticket.
Former Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik expressed condolences implicit Tirkey’s demise. In a station connected X, helium said, “I americium profoundly saddened to cognize astir the demise of elder person and erstwhile MLA of Sundergarh’s Biramitrapur, George Tirkey. His lifelong publication to nationalist work is unparalleled. His enactment for the payment of the radical volition ever beryllium remembered. I commune for eternal bid to his departed psyche and explicit my condolences to the bereaved household members,” helium added.
Deputy Chief Minister K.V. Singh Deo said, “Deeply saddened by the passing of George Tirkey ji, erstwhile MLA from Biramitrapur and a respected dependable from Sundergarh. His decades of nationalist work – crossed 4 presumption successful the Odisha Assembly – reflected a heavy committedness to tribal rights, grassroots leadership, and principled politics. Odisha has mislaid a dedicated lad of the soil. May Mahaprabhu Shri Jagannath bless his psyche and springiness spot to his household and admirers successful this hr of grief.”
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Bhakta Charan Das besides condoled Tirkey’s death. “I americium saddened by the decease of George Tirkey and commune to the Almighty for bid to his soul. I convey my condolences to the bereaved family,” helium added.
