Punjab: Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary dies during Bharat Jodo Yatra

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Santokh Singh Chaudhary, 76, the Congress member of Parliament (MP) from Jalandhar, died after a cardiac arrest while taking part in party leader Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra between Phillaur and Goraya towns on a chilly Saturday morning.

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Chaudhary was walking next to Gandhi before he collapsed and the yatra was halted. The yatra began at 7am from Phillaur and the incident occurred on National Highway 44 at 8.45am. Gandhi left for the civil hospital at Phagwara, where Chaudhary was rushed in an ambulance. Party MLAs Rana Gurjeet Singh and Vijay Inder Singla accompanied him.

Chaudhary was declared brought dead at the hospital. The body was later taken to his Jalandhar residence.

His son, Vikramjit Singh Chaudhary, is the Congress MLA from Phillaur assembly constituency.

‘Suddenly collapsed while walking’

Punjab leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa said: “Chaudhary was walking along with a Congress MP from Kerala when he suddenly collapsed after suffering a massive cardiac arrest.”

Expressing condolences, state Congress president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring said: “My deepest condolences to his family, colleagues, friends and supporters. I am in shock but Chaudhary Saab’s resolve will always be a source of inspiration to me.”

Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann expressed condolences by tweeting. “I’m deeply saddened by the untimely death of Congress member of Parliament from Jalandhar, Santokh Singh Chaudhary. May God rest his soul in peace.”

Former chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh, who was in the Congress before floating the Punjab Lok Congress in 2021 and joining the BJP last year, also mourned the MP’s death. “Extremely saddened to hear about the sudden demise of MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary ji due to a heart attack today. My heartfelt condolences are with his entire family in their time of grief. May Waheguru Ji grant eternal peace to the departed soul,” Captain Amarinder Singh tweeted.

Ludhiana Congress MP Ravneet Singh Bittu described Chaudhary’s death as a loss not only to the family and party but to “all of Punjab”. “Deeply saddened by the death of my respected fellow MP from Jalandhar Sh @SSChaudhary MP ji,” he tweeted.

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Yatra had resumed from Ludhiana

After a day’s break for Lohri, Gandhi had resumed the yatra from Ladhowal Toll Plaza in Ludhiana on Saturday morning.

The Punjab leg of the foot march had begun on Wednesday from Sirhind in Fatehgarh Sahib district.

During the yatra, Punjab Congress Warring, leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa, former chief minister Charanjit Singh Channi, MPs Manish Tewari, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Kapurthala MLA Rana Gurjeet Singh, former ministers Vijay Inder Singla and other party leaders accompanied Gandhi.

Braving cold weather conditions, scores of people joined the march. Many party supporters were carrying the national flag during the yatra.

According to the original yatra schedule, it will halt for the night near Mehat village at Phagwara in Kapurthala.

The yatra, which started from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on September 7, will conclude in Srinagar by January 30, with Gandhi hoisting the national flag in Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. The march has so far covered Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.


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