New Delhi: Former Union minister and senior Congress leader, Oscar Fernandes, passed away at a private hospital in Mangaluru. He was 80.
According to reports, Fernandes was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Mangaluru. He was admitted to Yenepoya hospital on July 19 following intracranial bleeding suffered after a fall in his house during a routine workout. However, he breathed his last at 2.15 PM.
Hailing from Udupi, Fernandes had been a member of Parliament since 1980. As a Union minister in the UPA government, Fernandes held the portfolios of Road Transport and Highways, Labour and Employment, Statistics and Programme Implementation and Overseas Affairs both as a Cabinet Minister and Minister of State.
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