RLD leader Ajit Singh dies of Corona

 

New Delhi: Former Union minister and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) leader Ajit Singh passed away at a Gurgaon hospital on Thursday morning battling COVID-19. He was 82.

Singh, the son of former prime minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, was diagnosed positive for COVID-19 on April 20. He was being treated in a private Hospital and was in the ICU and also on ventilator support from the last few days.

Ajit Singh served as Member of Parliament for eight8 including one term as a Member of the Rajya Sabha. He served as Union Minister for four times. He was one of the influential leaders among farmers.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences at the passing of the RLD chief and said that he was always committed to the cause of the farmers.