Muzaffarnagar Dec 9 : Former Uttar Pradesh Minister Laxman Singh died at his home in Muzaffarnagar district after a prolonged illness on Wednesday.
He was 86. Singh, who is survived by his three sons, was a lawyer.
Singh was elected MLA from the Khatauli Assembly constituency on a Bharatiya Kranti Dal ticket in 1974.
He was elected again from the same seat in 1977 as a Janata Party candidate and appointed minister in the Ram Naresh Yadav-led government in Uttar Pradesh.