BJP MLAs from Lucknow (West) & Auraiya Sadar succumb to Covid

LUCKNOW/KANPUR: Two BJP MLAs — Suresh Srivastava from Lucknow (West) and Ramesh Chandra Diwakar from Auraiya Sadar — died of Covid on Friday.
Srivastava succumbed to the virus while being treated at SGPGI, Lucknow. His wife and son are also Corona positive and hospitalised. He thrice won the Lucknow Central assembly seat as a BJP candidate and currently represents Lucknow (West) constituency.Srivastava was also a professional lawyer.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, state BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh and deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, expressed his grief on the demise of party MLAs. “May the departed souls rest in peace and the bereaved family find strength to bear the loss,” CM tweeted. BJP national president JP Nadda, defence minister and Lucknow MP Rajnath Singh and BJP UP in charge Radha Mohan Singh also condoled the death of Srivastava, who was a popular figure in the saffron camp. “Suresh Srivastava was a great human being, philanthropist and would always work for the welfare of the people,” said Rajnath Singh.
Auraiya Sadar legislator Ramesh Diwakar, 58, passed away at Meerut Medical College, where he was shifted two days back after being treated in Auraiya. “His Covid report came positive on Monday and he was critical during the last 48 hours,” sources close to Diwakar said, adding he died during treatment on Friday.
According to sources, Diwakar’s wife also tested Covid positive and is undergoing treatment in Kanpur. A resident of Tilak Nagar locality of Auraiya, he was a Kho-Kho player in his student days.