Congress loyalist Satish Sharma passes away

New Delhi, February 17 Former Lok Sabha MP from Amethi and Rae Bareli, and a long-time Gandhi family loyalist Capt Satish Sharma passed away in Goa after a brief illness. Sharma, who owed his rise in politics, to proximity to...

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Updated At : 12:48 PM Feb 18, 2021 IST

New Delhi, February 17

Former Lok Sabha MP from Amethi and Rae Bareli, and a long-time Gandhi family loyalist Capt Satish Sharma passed away in Goa after a brief illness. Sharma, who owed his rise in politics, to proximity to late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, was a Lok Sabha MP thrice and a Rajya Sabha MP thrice. He was dropped from Rajya Sabha only in 2016 after his term ended.

Sharma represented Amethi after Rajiv Gandhi’s death in 1991. After 1998, he was shifted to Rae Bareli, where he remained MP till 2004 before vacating the seat for Sonia Gandhi. — TNS