Rasjasthan MP collapses during meeting with Shah

Jaipur July 22 (IANS) A senior BJP leader and former minister in the NDA government Sanwarlal Jat on Saturday collapsed while attending a meeting of party MLAs and MPs with BJP President Amit Shah.

"As he got up to speak he suddenly collapsed and fainted. He was rushed to SMS Hospital where a team of doctors has been attending him. He has been shifted to the ICU " a Bharatiya Janata Party official told IANS here.

Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her cabinet colleagues rushed to the hospital to meet the Ajmer MP.

Jat had defeated the Congress s Sachin Pilot in Ajmer in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

A former minister in the Modi government Jat is currently the President of Kishan Ayog Rajasthan.

Shah who arrived here on Friday on a three day visit to the state is busy holding meetings for strengthening the party at grass root level.

--IANS
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