Union minister Juam Oram’s wife Jhingia Oram succumbs to dengue; CM pays tribute

Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, other ministers, and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders visited Jual Oram’s residence at Lumbinivihar in Bhubaneswar on Sunday and paid their last respects to his wife

Updated on: Aug 18, 2024, 12:45:17 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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Bhubaneshwar: Jhingia Oram, the wife of Union tribal affairs minister Jual Oram, passed in a private hospital in Bhubaneswar late on Saturday night, officials said. She was 58.

Jhingia Oram, wife of Union tribal affairs minister (HT Photo/Sourced)

Jhingia was suffering from dengue and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar for the past nine days.

The Union minister said his wife breathed her last at around 10:50pm.

“She had lung fibrosis and was also undergoing treatment for dengue. Her platelet count had dropped to 60,000, and she fell unconscious. My wife was shouldering a big responsibility for which I was able to discharge my political career,” he said, speaking to the media.

Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, other ministers, and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders visited Jual Oram’s residence at Lumbinivihar in Bhubaneswar on Sunday and paid their last respects to his wife.

“Paid floral tributes on the mortal remains of Jhingia Oram, wife of our party’s senior leader and Union minister Jual Oram. I offer my condolences to the bereaved family”, the CM said in a post on X.

“It is an inseparable loss for Jual Oram’s family. We have come here to express our condolences,” said Majhi.

Jhingia married Jual Oram in 1987. The couple has two daughters.

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Debabrata Mohanty
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.Read More