India ex-Union Minister Jaswant Singh dies

India Former union minister Jaswant Singh,one of the longest serving parliamentarians in India,died this morning in Delhi at the age of 82.

Jaswant Singh, who was from Rajasthan, had served as India's foreign minister, defense minister and finance minister. He was a close aide of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Mr Singh, who studied in Ajmer's Mayo College, was an officer in the Indian Army in the 1950s and 60s, but he later resigned to pursue a career in politics.

He was one of the longest serving parliamentarians in India. He died today at 6:55 AM after a cardiac arrest at Delhi's Army Hospital (Research & Referral) where he was admitted in June. "It is with profound grief that we inform about the sad demise of Honourable Major Jaswant Singh (Retired), former Cabinet Minister of government of India at 0655 hours on 27 September 2020.

He was admitted on 25 Jun 2020 and being treated for Sepsis with Multiorgan Dysfunction Syndrome and effects of Severe Head Injury old (Optd) had a Cardiac arrest this morning," a statement from the hospital said.