Chhattisgarh JCC J MLA Devvrat Singh dies

     Raipur, Nov 4 (PTI) Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J) legislator and former MP Devvrat Singh died on Thursday following cardiac arrest, his family members said.<br>        The 52-year-old leader was declared dead by doctors after he was taken to a hospital at Khairagarh in Chhattisgarh's Rajnandgaon district, around 90 km from the state capital Raipur.  <br>        “Singh complained of chest pain at around 1 am following which he was rushed to a government hospital where doctors declared him dead,” Sunil Singh, a close relative of the legislator, told PTI over phone.<br>        His final rites will be held later in the day in Khairagarh<br>        He has a son and a daughter, the relative said.<br>        In March this year, the MLA had contracted the coronavirus infection when the budget session of the Chhattisgarh Assembly was underway.<br>        The four-time MLA, who belonged to the erstwhile royal family of Khairagarh, was first elected as legislator in 1995 on a Congress ticket from Khairagarh and the second time in 1998, in the then undivided Madhya Pradesh. <br>        After the formation of Chhattisgarh in 2000, he was elected for the third time in 2003. <br>        In 2007, he was elected to the Lok Sabha from Rajnandgaon parliamentary seat.<br>        He quit the Congress in December 2017, claiming he was forced to do so as he was "neglected" and "sidelined" by senior party colleagues. <br>        In February 2018, he joined former chief minister Ajit Jogi's party JCC (J), months ahead of the Assembly election. <br>        He contested the Assembly election on the JCC(J) ticket and became MLA for the fourth time from Khairagarh.<br>        In last year's Marwahi bypoll, necessitated due to the death of sitting legislator Ajit Jogi, Devvrat Singh supported the ruling Congress's nominee, who won the election. PTI TKP<br>GK   GK

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