Former Uttar Pradesh minister and Congress leader Shivbalak Pasi died on Sunday following a prolonged illness. He was 81.
Pasi’s family members said the former Minister had been suffering from a liver ailment for long.
He also had pneumonia when the end came on Saturday, they added.
A resident of Deeh block of Rae Bareli district, Pasi’s condition deteriorated on Thursday and family members rushed him to Lucknow where he failed to get a hospital bed, following which he was taken to Amethi where was admitted to a hospital.
He died on Saturday. Pasi was a five-time MLA from the Salon assembly constituency of Rae Bareli district.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over the demise of the veteran Congress leader.
