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Veteran Congress leader Parasram Maderna passes away
Senior Congress leader and former Assembly Speaker Parasram Maderna died in Jaipur this morning following respiratory failure.
Jaipur: Senior Congress leader and former Assembly Speaker Parasram Maderna died in Jaipur this morning following respiratory failure.The 92-year-old Jat leader breathed his last at 6 AM, SMS Hospital Superintendent Dr Virendra Singh told PTI here.[caption id="attachment_1392551" align="alignleft" width="380"]![Congress leader P Maderna in this file photo. Image from Wikimedia commons,]()
Congress leader P Maderna in this file photo. Image from Wikimedia commons,[/caption]He was admitted to the hospital recently after he complained of swelling in his legs and stomach. He was suffering from diabetes, osteoarthritis and septicaemia.His elder son and former Congress minister, Mahipal Maderna, who is in jail in connection with Bhanwari Devi's murder case, was given interim bail to attend to his ailing father by a court on 12 February.PTI
First Published:Feb 16, 2014, 09:07:36 IST
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