BREAKING: Congress MP Santokh Chaudhary dies after heart attack during Bharat Jodo Yatra

Chaudhary was taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-led march in Phillaur where he fainted

Congress' Jalandhar MP Santokh Chaudhary died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, senior party leader Partap Singh Bajwa said.

#UPDATE | Punjab: Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary passes away - tweets CM Bhagwant Mann.

The MP was taken to a hospital during the Congress party's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Ludhiana today.

(Pic - The MP's Twitter account) pic.twitter.com/QZv8Fjq7lV

— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023

Chaudhary was taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-led march in Phillaur where he fainted.

#WATCH | Punjab: Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary was taken to a hospital in an ambulance in Ludhiana, during Bharat Jodo Yatra. Details awaited.

(Earlier visuals) pic.twitter.com/upjFhgGxQk

— ANI (@ANI) January 14, 2023

Bajwa, who was also at the yatra, said Chaudhary was taken to a hospital in Phagwara where he died.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Ladhowal here Saturday morning as part of its Punjab leg. 

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