Veteran Congress chief and former Union minister Girija Vyas, who suffered burn accidents on March 31 whereas performing aarti at her residence in Udaipur, died at a hospital in Ahmedabad, her household stated on Thursday. She was 79.
Vyas’s brother Gopal Sharma stated that she succumbed to burn accidents on the Ahmedabad hospital Thursday night. The Congress chief was performing aarti throughout which her dupatta caught fireplace from a burning lamp and suffered crucial burn accidents. She was rushed to a non-public hospital in Udaipur the place she was referred to Ahmedabad. Her funeral shall be carried out in Udaipur on Friday, Sharma stated.
Vyas was a outstanding Congress chief who served as a minister in each the state and central governments. She was additionally the Pradesh Congress Committee chief. She additionally served because the chairperson of the Nationwide Fee for Ladies.
Reacting to the demise of the previous union minister, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge stated she served the nation and the Congress get together in lots of vital capacities. “An mental politician… and an in a position administrator, her demise is an irreparable loss to the Congress household,” stated Kharge.
“From turning into a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Meeting on the age of simply 25, she devoted 4 many years to the Congress and public service in numerous constitutional and organisational roles,” the Congress chief stated in a publish on X.
Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi stated Vyas’s “contribution to the sphere of schooling, social justice and particularly girls empowerment has been extraordinarily vital”.
“Her departure is an irreparable loss to all of us. I specific my deepest condolences to the households, supporters and well-wishers on this tragic second,” he stated in a social
media publish.
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