INLD Rajya Sabha MP dead

New Delhi, Jan 20 (UNI) Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) Rajya Sabha member Sumitra Mahajan died of health complications in a city hospital here last night, a hospital spokesperson said today.

Mahajan, 70, was admitted to the Apollo hospital over a week a ago where she underwent surgery for intestinal gangrene, he said.

''She died at 1050 hrs last night due to complications,'' he added.

Mahajan was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Hissar, Haryana in April 2002. She was the wife of late Om Prakash Mahajan, a former Haryana minister.

She is survived by two sons and three daughters. Mahajan was associated with several religious and social organisations.

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