Uttar Pradesh Cabinet Minister Kamal Rani Varun Succumbs To Covid 19

She had tested positive for the virus 2 weeks ago.

Source: Twitter

Uttar Pradesh Cabinet minister Kamal Rani Varun succumbed to Covid-19 on Sunday. The UP Cabinet Minister was 62 and had tested positive for the new coronavirus on July 18. She died at PGI Hospital in Lucknow battling the viral disease. Kamal Rani Varun served as the Minister of Technical Education in the Yogi Adityanath government. She was known to be a prominent fighter for women empowerment in Kanpur’s Ghatampur from where she got elected in 2017. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath offered condolences to the family of Kamal Rani Varun and said she "worked efficiently" during her time as the minister.

I express my deepest condolences to the family of Cabinet Minister Kamala Rani Varun. She was #COVID19 positive & was receiving treatment at SGPGI Hospital. She was a popular public leader & a social worker. She worked efficiently while being the part of the Cabinet:CM Adityanath pic.twitter.com/s4n5mnVRXq

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) August 2, 2020

In her last posts on Twitter, Rani had retweeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from Smart India Hackathon and mourned the demise of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh.

बहुत ही दुःखद समाचार प्राप्त हुआ कि राज्य सभा सांसद श्री अमर सिंह जी का निधन हो गया। उनके इस असामयिक निधन पर मैं शोक व्यक्त करती हूँ, दुख की घड़ी में उनके परिजनों और सहयोगियों के प्रति संवेदना व्यक्त करती हूं और दिवंगत आत्मा की शांति के लिए ईश्वर से प्रार्थना करती हूं। ओम शांति! pic.twitter.com/LghDHFWaFw

— Kamal Rani Varun (@kamalranivarun) August 1, 2020

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