Former Sonepat MLA Devraj Diwan dies

Panipat, October 18 Devraj Diwan, former two-time MLA and senior Congress leader from Sonepat, died on Sunday afternoon after a prolonged illness. He was 78. Diwan was admitted to a private hospital this morning due to some throat infection. His...

Tribune News Service

Updated At : 01:01 PM Oct 19, 2020 IST

Panipat, October 18

Devraj Diwan, former two-time MLA and senior Congress leader from Sonepat, died on Sunday afternoon after a prolonged illness. He was 78.

Diwan was admitted to a private hospital this morning due to some throat infection. His condition deteriorated and he breathed his last at 3 pm. He had been elected as Independent MLA in 1996 and 2000. He had contested the election on Congress ticket in 2014. He had contested the parliamentary election in 2009 as well. — TNS