Former Union minister Dilip Gandhi dies

BJP leader and former Unionminister Dilip Gandhi died at a hospital in New Delhi onWednesday, family sources said.

He was 69.

Gandhi had served as the Minister of State forShipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led central government.

He recently tested positive for coronavirus and wasundergoing treatment for multiple ailments, the sources said.

The BJP leader, who started his career as a corporatorin late 80s, had won the Lok Sabha elections three times since1999 from Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.

He was denied ticket in the 2019 general polls.

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