**Baripada**: Senior BJP leader and former BJP MLA from Jashipur assembly constituency Bhanu Charan Naik passed away at Khiching in Mayurbhanj district on Monday, family sources said.
He was 70 and is survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.
He was suffering from high blood pressure and acute diabetis, family sources said.
Naik was elected to Odisha Assembly as BJP nominee in the year 2000 in the 12th assembly poll.
His last rites were performed at his native village today and several leaders and BJP functionaries attended his funeral.