New Delhi / London: Former union minister and Lok Sabha member Digvijay Singh passed away in a private hospital in London
on Thursday. He was 54. According to his aide S K Mishra, Singh breathed his last
at the St. Thomas Hospital London. Singh was suffering from brain hemorrhage.
Singh was elected three times to the Lok Sabha in--1998, 1999, 2009 and two times
to the Rajya Sabha -1990 and 2004. Singh, a former Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leader,
won the 2009 Lok Sabha election from Banka constituency as an independent candidate.
He had served as a minister in the National Democratic Alliance Government led
by Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Chandrashekhar led Janata Government. He also served
as President of the National Rifle Association of India since 1999. Vice President
Hamid Ansari has condoled the death of Singh. In his message, Ansari said that
Singh served the people with distinction during his many years in public life
and always worked for the upliftment of poor and the downtrodden and earned the
respect and admiration of the people for his dedication, sense of public service,
innate simplicity and honesty. "I am deeply grieved to learn about the sad demise
of Shri Digvijay Singh, former Union Minister and Member of Parliament," Ansari
said. "He served the people with distinction during his many years in public life
and always worked for the upliftment of poor and the downtrodden and earned the
respect and admiration of the people for his dedication, sense of public service,
innate simplicity and honesty. His services to the country shall always be remembered,"
he added.
