Mumbai: A 70-year-old Congress worker, who was part of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi led Bharat Jodo Yatra, passed away after a cardiac arrest in Maharashtra today.
Pandey was general secretary of Congress’s Seva Da.
According to a statement, Pandey collapsed during the march and was rushed to the hospital where he was declared brought dead.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh informed that Pandey had just moved back after walking with a tricolour in hand alongside him and party veteran Digvijaya Singh when the Seva Dal leader collapsed.
He was taken in an ambulance to a hospital “where most sadly he was declared dead,” Ramesh said in a tweet.
Former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who is leading the Bharat Jodo Yatra, expressed his deepest condolences to Pandey’s loved ones.
