Kesar Singh Gangwar, the sitting BJP MLA from Bareilly’s Nawabganj constituency, on Wednesday succumbed to COVID-19.
He was 64-years-old. Family sources stated that Gangwar was present process remedy at a non-public hospital in Noida for the previous few days, the place he died.
He had not too long ago examined optimistic for coronavirus. Gangwar is survived by his spouse, three daughters and a son.
He was a member of the Legislative Council from the BSP in 2009, and in 2017 he joined the BJP, and gained the Assembly election from Nawabganj.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and state Legislative Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dixit condoled his demise, whereas state BJP chief Swatantradev Singh and common secretary (organisation) Sunil Bansal expressed their sorrow.
Gangwar is the third MLA within the state who succumbed to the virus within the second wave.
Before this, BJP MLA from Auraiya Ramesh Chandra Diwakar (56) died on April 23 in Meerut, whereas Suresh Kumar Srivastava (76), the BJP MLA from Lucknow West, succumbed to the viral illness on April 23.
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