The former Union Minister passed away on September 27 following a cardiac arrest.
Former Union Minister Jaswant Singh, 82, passed away on Sunday morning after a long illness at the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in New Delhi. Hospital officials said he had been admitted on June 25 this year and was being treated for sepsis and multi organ dysfunction syndrome, and effects of an old severe head injury. He had a cardiac arrest this morning. He is survived by his wife and two sons, including former Barmer MP Manvendra Singh.
A veteran leader who held the positions of finance, defence and external affairs minister in government’s headed by late Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee, Singh’s career was storied and eventful, reflecting much of India’s strategic turns in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of the former Union Minister,…
