Veteran Samajwadi Party Leader Bhagwati Singh Passes Away At 89

Former UP minister Bhagwati Singh has passed away at 89 on April 4. Reportedly, last rites of the founder member of the Samajwadi Party will not be performed as he had wished to donate his body to Lucknow's King George Medical University. Expressing grief, the party has cancelled its April 4 news conference. Former UP CM and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav also expressed his condolences towards the veteran leader.