Sitting BJP MLA B.N. Vijaykumar died of a massive heart attack at a hospital in Bengaluru in the early hours on Friday, the party said.
A candidate for the May 12 assembly polls, Vijaykumar had collapsed during an election campaign in Jayanagar constituency in the city and was shifted to government-run Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology, where efforts to resuscitate him failed, said state BJP spokesman S. Prakash.
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Vijaykumar, aged 59, was a two-time MLA from Jayanagar. He was a bachelor.
Vijayakumar was one of the most popular faces in Karnataka. The 60-year-old MLA was on a door-to-door campaign in Pattabhiramanagar area of his constituency when the incident took place.