Himachal minister Karan Singh, 59, dies at AIIMS
Tribune News Service
Shimla, May 12
Himachal Ayurveda Minister Karan Singh, who was undergoing treatment at AIIMS, Delhi, for the past month, died on Thursday night. He was suffering from lung and liver ailment. He was 59 years old and is survived by his wife and son.
The mortal remains of Karan Singh were consigned to flames at Kullu on Friday.
A scion of the Kullu Royal family and younger brother of BJP stalwart Maheshwar Singh, the former Raja of Kullu, Karan Singh was a three-time MLA and also served as minister twice.
He was elected from the Banjar Assembly constituency thrice in 1990, 1998 and 2012. He won as a BJP candidate in 1990 and 1998 and served as minister of state for primary education in Dhumal government.
After being sidelined in the BJP, he joined the Congress ahead of the 2012 Assembly elections and was elected from Banjar for the third time. He was inducted as a minister in the Virbhadra Singh cabinet in August 2015.
Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, former chief minister Shanta Kumar, Speaker of Vidhan Sabha BBL Butail, ministers, MLAs and prominent leaders have expressed grief over the demise of Karan Singh.
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