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Kunwar Anand Singh, Four-Term MP and UP Agriculture Minister, Dies at 87

His sudden collapse at his Mankapur residence Saturday night triggered a hospital transfer followed by a state-honored funeral procession of more than a kilometre

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Overview

  • Kunwar Anand Singh collapsed at home late Saturday and died in a Lucknow hospital at the age of 87.
  • His remains were laid in state at Mankapur Kot before a kilometre-long procession with full state honours drew thousands of mourners.
  • Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and SP president Akhilesh Yadav joined other leaders in paying tribute to his decades of political service.
  • Singh served four terms in the Lok Sabha between 1971 and 1989 and was UP’s agriculture minister from 2012 to 2017 under Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav.
  • A scion of the Mankapur royal family, he leaves behind son Kirti Vardhan Singh, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Environment.