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New Delhi: Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, who recently underwent a heart surgery in Delhi hospital, on Thursday evening passed away at the age of 74. The news was announced by his son and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Chirag Paswan.
“Papa …. Now you are not in this world but I know you are always with me wherever you are. Miss you Papa…,” tweeted Chirag Paswan, with a throwback photo of his father hugging a younger him.
Ram Vilas Paswan, who had been in politics for more than five decades and is one of the country’s most recognisable Dalit leaders, had been hospitalised for the last few weeks in Delhi.
Paswan is the second union minister to die in the space of two months – Suresh Angadi died of coronavirus in September.
In November last, after helming the Lok Janshakti Party for 19 years, Paswan stepped down from his post to make way for the appointment of his son and MP Chirag Paswan as the new party president.
