Congress MP dies due to heart attack during Bharat Jodo Yatra
Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary died of a heart attack during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab this morning. He was 76.
Santokh Singh Chaudhary, the party’s MP from Jalandhar, collapsed during the foot march in Punjab’s Phillaur. He was taken to a hospital in Phagwara in an ambulance, where he died later.
Rahul Gandhi, who was leading the yatra, left the march midway and rushed to the hospital where the veteran Congress leader had been taken, a party leader said. He is likely to meet Chaudhary’s family at his home in Jalandhar later today.
Gandhi later shared a photo collage from today’s yatra in which Chaudhary is seen walking with him and other party members.
The yatra has been suspended for now, said Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring, adding Chaudhary’s cremation will be done tomorrow morning.