Kedarnath MLA Shaila Rani Rawat Dies At 68

Shaila Rani Rawat, the BJP MLA from Kedarnath, was on ventilator support at the hospital for the last few days.

BJP MLA from Kedarnath Shaila Rani Rawat died at the Max Hospital here late on Tuesday night. She was 68, family sources said.

She was on ventilator support at the hospital for the last few days. She was being treated for a backbone injury.

She won the Kedarnath seat to make it to the Uttarakhand Assembly for the first time in 2012 on a Congress ticket. She lost the seat in 2017 but won it again in 2022 on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket.