Overview
- Hospital officials said he was taken to a Kidwai Nagar nursing home, then rushed to Kanpur Cardiology Hospital, where he was declared dead on arrival.
- Reports cite a prolonged illness and a sudden deterioration earlier in the day that prompted the emergency transfer.
- The Congress veteran served as minister of state for home affairs from 2004 to 2009 before joining the Union cabinet as coal minister in 2011.
- A three-term MP from Kanpur, he earlier led the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee and began his career as the city’s mayor in 1989.
- Party leaders including Mallikarjun Kharge, Salman Khurshid and Manickam Tagore offered condolences, and reports say he is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.