Minister of State for Railways and Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party MP Suresh Angadi, who had tested positive for the coronavirus on September 11, died on Wednesday, ANI reported. He was 65. Angadi was undergoing treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi. He is the first Union minister and fourth MP to have died of coronavirus.
Angadi was a Lok Sabha member from Belgaum district in Karnataka and held several positions in the BJP after becoming the vice president of the party in 1996.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several other political leaders and Union ministers paid their tributes to the minister.
“Shri Suresh Angadi was an exceptional Karyakarta, who worked hard to make the party strong in Karnataka,” Modi tweeted. “He was a dedicated MP and effective minister, admired across the spectrum. His demise is saddening. My thoughts are with…