BJP’s Moradabad candidate Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh passed away at Delhi’s AIIMS. (Image: X)
Manvendra Singh, district election officer (DEO) and district magistrate, Moradabad, told News18 that bypolls would be necessitated only if the late BJP candidate, Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh, 72, has won. The results will be announced on June 4
Will Moradabad require a bypoll as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate died a day after the Uttar Pradesh constituency voted for the Lok polls in phase one on April 19? Manvendra Singh, district election officer (DEO) and district magistrate, Moradabad, told News18 that bypolls would be necessitated only if the late BJP candidate has won. The results will be announced on June 4.
Kunwar Sarvesh Kumar Singh, 72, was among the 12 candidates in the fray. Ailing for a while, Singh died at Delhi’s AIIMS, confirmed UP BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary. “He had undergone an operation for some trouble in his throat. On April 20, he had gone to AIIMS for a check-up,” Chaudhary said.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in a post on X in Hindi said, “I am shocked by the demise of BJP candidate from Moradabad Lok Sabha constituency and former MP Kunwar Sarvesh Singh ji. This is an irreparable loss for the BJP family. My condolences are with the bereaved family. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to give a place to the departed soul in his feet and provide strength to the bereaved family and their supporters to bear this loss. Om Shanti.”
Singh served as the Lok Sabha MP from Moradabad from 2014 to 2019, losing the 2019 elections to Samajwadi Party’s ST Hasan. Prior to his parliamentary tenure, he held the position of BJP MLA for five terms from Thakurdwara Assembly constituency in Moradabad, spanning from 1991 to 2007 and then from 2012 to 2014. Singh represented people on both state and national levels.
He is survived by his wife Sadhna Singh, a son and daughter.