Five-time Gujarat Congress MLA Anil Joshiyara succumbs to Covid
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Congress leader Anil Joshiyara, a five-time MLA from Bhiloda (ST) seat in Gujarat's Arvalli district, died due to Covid.
The Gujarat Assembly was adjourned for the day on Monday due to the death of Congress MLA Anil Joshiyara from COVID-19.
Joshiyara, who was 69, was a five-time MLA from Bhiloda (ST) seat in Arvalli district.
As per Congress leaders, he died of COVID-19 infection in a Chennai hospital on Monday afternoon.
During the discussion on an appropriation bill, Deputy Leader of Opposition Shailesh Parmar informed about Joshiyara's death, resulting in all legislators observing two-minute silence as tribute, after which Speaker Nimaben Acharya adjourned the House for the day.
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Joshiyara had contracted coronavirus in January and was shifted from a private hospital in Ahmedabad to the Tamil Nadu capital a month ago for advanced treatment of the lungs.
Joshiyara, a surgeon, was first elected as an MLA from Bhiloda seat in 1995 on a BJP ticket and had served as health minister between 1996 and 1997 in a government headed by Shankersinh Vaghela.
