New Delhi: Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary passed away due to a heart attack during the Bharat Jodo Yatra on January 14 morning. He was rushed to a hospital in an ambulance in Ludhiana, where he was declared dead by the doctors. As Santokh Singh’s condition deteriorated, Rahul Gandhi stopped the Bharat Jodo Yatra and immediately reached the hospital.
#WATCH | Punjab: Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary was taken to a hospital in an ambulance in Ludhiana, during Bharat Jodo Yatra. Details awaited.
(Earlier visuals) pic.twitter.com/upjFhgGxQk
— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023
He collapsed while walking during the Yatra. He was taken to Virk Hospital in Phagwara, where he passed away.
#WATCH | Ludhiana, Punjab: Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary was rushed to a hospital in an ambulance after he collapsed while walking during Bharat Jodo Yatra today. He passed away soon after.
(Earlier visuals) pic.twitter.com/DO1WU2lTtC
— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023
Rahul Gandhi began his Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ludhiana at 7 am this morning while it was set to reach Goraya in Jalandhar at 10 am where they will stop for lunch. After that, the journey would start again at 3 pm and stop near Phagwara bus station at 6 pm. Today, the Yatra’s night halt was at Mehat village near Konika Resort in Kapurthala, but after Congress MP Santokh Singh Choudhary passed away, the Yatra was stopped for the day.
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Captain Amrinder Singh and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge also shared their condolences for the Congress MP.
Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge condoles the demises of party MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary.
“Deeply shocked and saddened to learn about the untimely passing away of our MP, Santokh Singh Chaudhary..,” he tweets. pic.twitter.com/jZQulVQ12a
— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023
ਕਾਂਗਰਸ ਦੇ ਜਲੰਧਰ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂਬਰ ਪਾਰਲੀਮੈਂਟ ਸੰਤੋਖ ਸਿੰਘ ਚੌਧਰੀ ਜੀ ਦੀ ਬੇਵਕਤੀ ਮੌਤ ਦਾ ਬੇਹੱਦ ਦੁੱਖ ਹੋਇਆ..ਪ੍ਵਮਾਤਮਾ ਵਿੱਛੜੀ ਰੂਹ ਨੂੰ ਸਕੂਨ ਬਖ਼ਸ਼ੇ ..ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ
— Bhagwant Mann (@BhagwantMann) January 14, 2023
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. pic.twitter.com/LJqQA8avAo
— Capt.Amarinder Singh (@capt_amarinder) January 14, 2023
Meanwhile, Bharat Jodo Yatra began on 7 September 2022 from Kanyakumari and will go on till January 30 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar.
