BJP MLA from Bengaluru Assembly seat dies

Bengaluru May 4 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from the Jayanagar assembly segment B.N. Vijaya Kumar died here early on Friday a party official said. He was 60.

The two-time lawmaker was in the fray from the same constituency for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections.

"Vijaya Kumar was admitted into a nearby hospital after he collapsed on Thursday evening following a cardiac arrest while campaigning in his constituency " the official told IANS.

He died at the state-run hospital after efforts to revive him failed a doctor said.

The party s state unit chief B.S. Yeddyurappa mourned the death. "I am deeply pained at the untimely demise of my friend and party stalwart Vijaya Kumar... " Yeddyurappa tweeted.

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also expressed his condolences over Kumar s demise. "..I express my condolences to his family and loved ones. Vijaya Kumar was a sincere and hard working political leader " he tweeted.

The Election Commission was likely to countermand the poll in Jayanagar Assembly seat on account of Kumar s death as a candidate in the fray.

--IANS
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