Late former Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece Karuna Shukla dies of COVID-19
The last rites will be performed today in Balodabazar.
By ANI| Posted by Sakina Fatima | Published: 27th April 2021 10:32 am IST Karuna Shukla
Raipur: Former MP and senior Congress leader Karuna Shukla died of COVID-19 in Ramkrishna CARE Hospitals, Raipur during the wee hours of Tuesday.
Shukla, the niece of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 after she had tested positive for infection.
The last rites will be performed today in Balodabazar.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed grief over the demise of Karuna Shukla and said that he had a close family relationship outside of politics with her.
Cong leader Karuna Shukla dies of COVID-19 ANI | Updated: Apr 27, 2021 10:17 IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], April 27 (ANI) Former MP and senior Congress leader Karuna Shukla died of COVID-19 in Ramkrishna CARE Hospitals, Raipur during the wee hours of Tuesday.
Shukla, the niece of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 after she had tested positive for infection.
The last rites will be performed today in Balodabazar.
Chhattisgarh Chief MinisterBhupesh Baghel expressed grief over the demise of Karuna Shukla and said that he had a close family relationship outside of politics with her. My aunt Karuna Shukla is no more. The ruthless Corona took her as well. She has had a very close family relationship outside of politics and I continued to get her blessings. May God give her space in their shrines and we all have the power to bear her loss, he twitted in Hindi. (ANI)
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RAIPUR: Congress leader and former MP Karuna Shukla died of coronavirus in Raipur, her family members said on Tuesday.
The niece of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee died at a private hospital on Monday night, they said.
Shukla (70) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha and represented the Janjgir-Champa Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh. She quit the BJP in 2013 claiming the party was under a grip of power politics.
After having ended her 32-year-long association with the BJP, she joined the Congress in 2014 and contested the Lok Sabha election that year from the Bilaspur constituency but was defeated by BJP s Lakhan Lal Sahu.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee s Niece & Senior Congress Leader Karuna Shukla Succumbs to COVID-19
Shukla (70) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha and represented the Janjgir-Champa Lok Sabha constituency in Chhattisgarh.
| 27 April 2021 3:04 PM GMT
NEW DELHI: Former MP and senior Congress leader Karuna Shukla died of COVID-19 at Ramkrishna CARE Hospitals, Raipur on April 27.
Notably, the niece of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 after she had tested positive for infection.
Expressing his grief, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel twitted in Hindi and said, My aunt Karuna Shukla is no more. The ruthless Corona took her as well. She has had a very close family relationship outside of politics and I continued to get her blessings. May God give her space in their shrines and we all have the power to bear her loss.
Karuna Shukla: The last rites will be performed today in Balodabazar.
Raipur (Chhattisgarh):
Former MP and senior Congress leader Karuna Shukla died of COVID-19 at Ramkrishna CARE Hospitals, Raipur during the early hours of Tuesday.
Karuna Shukla, the niece of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, was undergoing treatment for Covid-19 after she had tested positive for infection.
The last rites will be performed today in Balodabazar.
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel expressed grief over the demise of Karuna Shukla and said that he had a close family relationship outside of politics with her. My aunt Karuna Shukla is no more. The ruthless Corona took her as well. She has had a very close family relationship outside of politics and I continued to get her blessings. May God give her space in their shrines and we all have the power to bear her loss, he twitted in Hindi.