States »NortPosted at: May 31 2021 11:05PM

COVID-19 claims ex-minister

Bhopal, May 31 (UNI) Madhya Pradesh’s erstwhile Cabinet minister Laxmikant Sharma succumbed to the novel coronavirus late Monday at the state capital’s Chirayu Hospital where he was admitted recently.

The senior Bharatiya Janata Party politician was about 60 and hailed from Vidisha District’s Sironj. Initially a teacher, he was first elected to the Assembly in the nineties.

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