BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Ashok Gasti, who was battling with Covid-19 in a critical condition in a Bengaluru hospital succcumbed to it late on Thursday.
The BJP leader had taken the oath as a Rajya Sabha member on July 22.
Earlier in the day there was confusion about the condition of the MP and before the hospital issued the clarifications that Gasti was still critical, President of India Ram Nath Kovind, Home Minister Amit Shah, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, and many leaders tweeted condolences to mourn Gasti’s demise. Later they all deleted their tweets.
According to Dr Manish Rai, director, Manipal Hospitals, Gasti was admitted to the hospital with severe Covid-19 pneumonia with multi-organ failure. He was on life support in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
On Tuesday, Balli Durga Prasad Rao, Lok Sabha member from Tirupati died due to Covid-19.
Industrialist and Kanyakumari H Vasanth Kumar was the first sitting MP who succumbed to Covid-19. The Congress MP passed on August 28. Already 30 MPs have been tested positive for Covid-19.
