Uttar Pradesh: BJP loses another MLA to Covid-19, 4th so far
Lucknow, May 07: BJP MLA in Uttar Pradesh Dal Bahadur Kori died due to post-COVID complications at a private hospital here, family sources said on Friday.
According
to
them,
the
64-year-old
legislator
from
Salon
seat
in
Raebareli
died
late
on
Thursday
night.
Kori
was
admitted
to
Sanjay
Gandhi
Post
Graduate
Institute
of
Medical
Sciences
(SGPGI)
in
Lucknow
after
he
was
tested
positive
for
coronavirus.
He
was
discharged
when
his
test
report
came
negative.
Later,
he
was
admitted
to
a
private
hospital
with
post-COVID
complications
and
he
died
there,
family
sources
said.
Chief
Minister
Yogi
Adityanath,
Assembly
Speaker
Hriday
Narain
Dixit
and
senior
BJP
leaders
have
condoled
the
death
of
Kori,
terming
it
a
loss
for
the
party.
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He
is
among
the
four
BJP
MLAs
who
died
due
to
coronavirus
or
post-COVID
complications
in
the
past
fortnight.
Earlier,
BJP
MLA
from
Nawabganj
in
Bareilly
Kesar
Singh
Gangwar
(64),
died
of
COVID-19
at
a
hospital
in
Noida.
Lucknow (West) legislator Suresh Kumar Srivastava and Auraiya MLA Ramesh Chandra Diwakar has also succumbed to the virus.
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