Ray had won Rourkela for the Janata Dal in 1985 and 1990, but suffered a shock defeat in 1995. After his stint as a union minister, he won from Rourkela again in 2014 and became a BJP legislator.

ROURKELA: In a bid to address the growing public housing crisis and lack of vacant government land at Rourkela, former Union minister and senior BJP leader Dilip Ray has proposed a mega housing ...