Former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram passes away aged 94
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Congress leader and former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram passed away at 94. He was admitted to AIIMS in New Delhi on May 7 after suffering a brain stroke.
Veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Pandit Sukh Ram has passed away, his grandson said. Sukh Ram, 94, was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on May 7.
A Himachal Pradesh Congress leader, Sukh Ram's grandson Aashray Sharma, in a Facebook post on late Tuesday night wrote, "Adieu grandfather, Now the phone will not ring (Alvida Dadajee, Abhi Nahi Bajegee Phone Ki Ghanti)."
Sharma also posted his childhood photo with Sukh Ram on Facebook. However, the post did not mention when he breathed his last.
Sukh Ram suffered a brain stroke in Manali on May 4, following which he was admitted at the regional hospital in Mandi. From there, he was airlifted to AIIMS in Delhi for better treatment.
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on May 7 provided a state helicopter for airlifting the veteran political leader to Delhi.
Sukh Ram was the Union Minister of State, Communications (Independent Charge) from 1993 to 1996. He was a member of Lok Sabha from the Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh. He won the Vidhan Sabha elections five times and the Lok Sabha elections three times.
He represented the Mandi Assembly seat from 1963 to 1984. During his tenure as Animal Husbandry minister in Himachal Pradesh, he brought cows from Germany, which led to the increase in income of the state farmers.
