: Coronavirus: Ex-RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh dies at 74 #IndiaNEWS Former Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh died of the coronavirus on Sunday, NDTV reported. He was 74.Singh

Coronavirus: Ex-RJD leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh dies at 74 #IndiaNEWS
Former Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Raghuvansh Prasad Singh died of the coronavirus on Sunday, NDTV reported. He was 74.Singh was being treated for complications from the coronavirus in an intensive care unit of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi. His condition became serious on Saturday, following which he was put on a ventilator.He resigned from the Rashtriya Janata Dal on Thursday and sought forgiveness from party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. “After [former Bihar Chief Minister] Karpuri Thakur’s death, I stood behind you for 32 years but no more,??? he wrote. He had been with the RJD since its inception in 1997. He had quit as the vice president of the party in June. However, Yadav refused to accept the resignation and responded to Singh saying: “We will talk once you are well. You are not going anywhere.???Singh represented Bihar’s Vaishali constituency in Parliament five times, and was the Union minister for rural development in the Congress-led government between 2008 and 2009. He was an expert in rural and agricultural matters and was considered the architect of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.The former Union minister was reportedly displeased after Tejashwi Yadav took helm of the party following the imprisonment of Lalu...Read more

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