On Saturday, January 14, Congress MP from Jalandhar Chaudhary Santokh Singh died throughout Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab’s Phillaur. Chaudhary was strolling alongside Congress scion Rahul Gandhi, all of the sudden he felt uneasy as his heartbeat elevated.
#WATCH | Punjab: Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary was taken to a hospital in an ambulance in Ludhiana, throughout Bharat Jodo Yatra. Details awaited.
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— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023
The Congress chief was delivered to Phagwara’s Virk hospital, the place medical doctors pronounced him lifeless. After studying about Chaudhary’s demise, Rahul Gandhi left the Bharat Jodo Yatra and went to the hospital.
#UPDATE | Punjab: Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary passes away – tweets CM Bhagwant Mann.
The MP was taken to a hospital in the course of the Congress occasion’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ludhiana as we speak.
(Pic – The MP’s Twitter account) pic.twitter.com/QZv8Fjq7lV
— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023
It is notable that apart from Santokh Chaudhary, 4 individuals have up to now reportedly died in the course of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Senior Congress chief and General Secretary of Congress Seva Dal, Krishna Kumar Pandey, died on the age of 75 throughout Bharat Jodo Yatra on November 8, 2022. Reportedly, Pandey was strolling with Rahul Gandhi within the district of Nanded, Maharashtra, when he collapsed on the highway. He was carrying the Tricolour earlier in the course of the Yatra. At one level, he handed over the Tricolour to a different particular person and collapsed after quarter-hour. Pandey was rushed to the hospital the place he was declared introduced lifeless.
On November 12, 2022, one other particular person died throughout Yatra. Reportedly, a 62-year-old Congress employee from Tamil Nadu, recognized as Ganesan Ponraman of Thanjavur, was hit by a truck in Nanded, Maharashtra. When the incident occurred, he was strolling again to Pimpalgaon Mahadeo village in Ardhapur tehsil for the night time camp. He was hit by a truck.
On November 25, 2022, a Sub-Inspector (SI) recognized as Bhupendra Singh Gurjar, who was rehearsing for Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ahar-Malwa, was hit by a automobile.
On December 3, 2022, Congress employee 55-year-old Mangilal Shah of Zirapur, district Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh, died of a coronary heart assault. He was on his option to be a part of Bharat Jodo Yatra.