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Madhya Pradesh: Congress MLA Banwari Lal Sharma dead

News Agencies 21 December 2019, 11:04 IST

Madhya Pradesh: Congress MLA Banwari Lal Sharma dead

Congress MLA in Madhya Pradesh Banwari Lal Sharma died at a hospital here on Saturday following a prolonged illness, family sources said.

He was 61. The first-time legislator from Jaura constituency in Morena district had been undergoing treatment for cancer at AIIMS for a long time, they said.

He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter.

Sharma's last rites will be performed at his ancestral Jaalthap village in Morena district.

Senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia expressed grief over Sharma's death.

-PTI

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