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Bihar\u2019s backward and extremely backward classes welfare minister and BJP leader Vinod Kumar Singh, who was undergoing treatment following brain haemorrhage for over a month at Medanta Hospital in Delhi, died on Monday. He was 54. The BJP has fielded his wife Nisha Singh on Pranpur seat in the forthcoming Bihar elections.<\/p>\n

Singh\u2019s condition began deteriorating two days ago. Earlier, both Singh and his wife had tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19) in June and he was discharged from hospital after recovery.<\/p>\n

However, about one-and-a-half month ago, he was rushed to Medanta by air ambulance following a brain haemorrhage.<\/p>\n

Singh started his political career in 1995 when he was just 29 and he became MLA from Pranpur assembly seat in 2000 by defeating RJD\u2019s veteran leader Mahendra Narayan Yadav.<\/p>\n

In 2005, he lost the seat but went on to win in both 2010 and 2015. \u201cIn the 2015 assembly polls, he proved his popularity as he succeeded in defeating the RJD-JD(U) combine,\u201d local BJP leader Appu Kumar said, adding, \u201cHe was quite popular in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was his popularity that landed him a Cabinet berth. However, he refused to contest the\u00a02020 assembly polls\u00a0<\/a>due to illness and the party awarded the ticket to his wife Nisha Singh from Pranpur seat.<\/p>\n

The leader was a post graduate in Physics and a law graduate from Bhupendra Narayan Mandal University, Madhepura. He is survived by his wife and two daughters.<\/p>\n

Chief minister Nitish Kumar, deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi, Katihar MP Dulal Chandra Goswami, ex-BJP MP Nikhil Kumar Chaudhary and others expressed their sorrow over the demise of the young leader.<\/p>\n

The chief minister described him as an \u201cable administrator and a popular leader. His death is a great loss in the field of political and social field\u201d. Kumar also announced a state funeral as per the guidelines issued for Covid pandemic.<\/p>\n

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