UP Revenue Minister Vijay Kashyap Succumbs To Covid-19; PM Modi, CM Yogi Express Grief

56-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Revenue and Flood Control Vijay Kashyap succumbed to Covid-19 at a Gurugram hospital.

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Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Revenue and Flood Control Vijay Kashyap passed away due to Covid-19 complications at a Gurugram hospital on Tuesday. 

The 56-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party leader and a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh representing the Charthawal assembly constituency, Vijay Kashyap was admitted at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. 

Vijay Kashyap is the third UP minister and the fifth BJP legislator who succumbed to the novel Coronavirus. Earlier, Salon legislator Dal Bahadur Kori, Kesar Singh Gangwar (Nawabganj), Ramesh Diwakar (Auraiya) and Suresh Kumar Srivastava (Lucknow West) had succumbed to the infection.

Acknowledging Kashyap's unfortunate demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed grief  saying he was devoted to public interest works.

"The death of BJP leader and minister in the Uttar Pradesh government Vijay Kashyap ji is very saddening. He was a leader connected to the grassroots and was always devoted to public interest works. My condolences to his family and supporters in this moment of grief. Om Shanti!" PM Modi tweeted in Hindi.

Besides PM Modi, several other  ministers and seniors mourned  the passing away of Kashyap. Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that BJP leader Vijay Kashyap was dedicated to the organisation. BJP National President Jagat Prakash Nadda too expressed grief saying he is an irreparable loss for the BJP. 

UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reportedly said, "Kashyap, an MLA from Charthawal, was a popular leader who discharged his duties diligently as a minister. In his death, people have lost their true well-wisher."