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Suresh Angadi is the first member of the Union Cabinet to succumb to coronavirus. He was a member of Lok Sabha from Belagavi constituency in Karnataka.
Updated : Sep 23, 2020, 09:29 PM IST
Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi died of COVID-19 in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Suresh Angadi, 64, had tested positive for Covid-19 on September 11 and was initially asymptomatic. The BJP MP was later admitted to the dedicated COVID-19 facility at the AIIMS Trauma Centre where he passed away.
He is the first member of the Union Cabinet to succumb to coronavirus. Member of Lok Sabha from Belagavi constituency in Karnataka.
He is survived by his wife and two daughters.