UP: BJP leader dies while giving speech

Ballia (UP), Jul 13: A BJP leader died today while addressing a protest meeting against ruling Samajwadi Party here at Bhimpura.

The BJP supporters had gheraoed Bhimpura police station as party of the campaign to gherao police stations across the state to protest against the "goondaraj" by Samajwadi Party when Tribhuvan Gupta (50) during an enthusiastic speech collapsed, District President, BJP, Vinod Dubey said.

Gupta was rushed to the hospital where doctors declared him brought dead due to cardiac arrest, he said.

PTI