BJP's Moradabad Candidate Sarvesh Singh Dies A Day After UP Constituency Went To Polls

Moradabad, one of the 80 constituencies in Western UP, was won by Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

BJP's Moradabad candidate Sarvesh Singh, a five-time MLA and a one-time MP, died a day after his Uttar Pradesh constituency went to polls in phase one of the general elections. He was 72.

Sarvesh Singh, who has been ill for a long time, was undergoing treatment at a Delhi hospital. 

"Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar has passed away," UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary told news agency PTI.