Indian National Congress (INC), MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary died due to a heart assault on Saturday morning whereas taking fragment within the ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra within the northern allege of Punjab in India. The 76-three hundred and sixty five days-historical damaged-down chief passed away on Saturday (January 14) morning. The Congress MP collapsed for the length of a foot march in Punjab’s Phillaur. He was once straight taken to the scientific institution in Phagwara in an ambulance, but he did no longer live on. After Chaudhary’s loss of life, the Congress occasion immediate suspended the yatra for the day.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who’s leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra, rushed to the scientific institution where the damaged-down Congress chief was once admitted. He’s later expected to consult with Chaudhary’s household within the afternoon, NDTV reported.
In a tweet, Gandhi acknowledged that Chaudhary was once a down-to-earth hardworking chief, a pious person and a exact pillar of the Congress household.
Extending her condolences to Chaudhary’s household, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the commonplace secretary of the Indian National Congress in a tweet acknowledged, “Deeply saddened to hear the news of the surprising loss of life of Jalandhar MP Shri Santokh Singh Chowdhary. Shri Santokh Singh ji was once a staunch chief and proper public servant for the Congress ideology. His loss of life has caused an irreparable loss to the Indian National Congress.”
Diversified Congress leaders also provided their condolences.
Mallikarjun Kharge, president of the Indian National Congress expressing his condolence in a tweet, acknowledged, “Deeply anxious and saddened to receive out about the untimely passing away of our MP, Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary.”
He added that his loss is a colossal blow to the Congress occasion and the organisation.
Deeply anxious and saddened to receive out about the untimely passing away of our MP, Shri Santokh Singh Chaudhary.
His loss is a colossal blow to the occasion and organisation.
In this hour of anguish, my heart goes out to his household, net site visitors and followers.
Would possibly presumably simply his soul rest in peace.
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) January 14, 2023
Congress chief Jairam Ramesh tweeted, “Santokh Singh Chaudhary, historical 76, Congress MP from Jalandhar, passed a long way from a surprising cardiac arrest for the length of the Bharat Jodo Yatra this morning.”
Extending his condolences, Ramesh also acknowledged that the novel schedule for the yatra will be shared soon.
Chaudhary won the Lok Sabha elections twice, in 2014 and 2019.
(With inputs from companies)
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