Senior Congress leader and former Delhi minister Dr AK Walia passed away on Thursday morning due to COVID 19, at Apollo Hospital in Delhi.
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former Delhi Minister Dr AK Walia passed away in the national capital on Thursday due to COVID-19 at the age of 72.
He was undergoing treatment at Delhi's Apollo hospital.
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The four-time MLA had represented Laxmi Nagar assembly constituency in his fourth term and had the Health, Urban Development, Land & Building portfolios.
Delhi reported as many as 24,638 new COVID-19 cases and 249 related deaths on Wednesday, the Delhi health department informed.
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