Former Indian Opener and Minister of Foreign Affairs Uttar Pradesh Chetan Chauhan died on Sunday from Covid-19, in a private hospital in Gurugram in Haryana. He was survived by his wife and son.
73-year-old Chauhan, who was Minister of Home Guard, had suffered from Covid-19 several times in recent days and was transferred on Saturday to the super-specialty Gurugram Hospital from Sanjay Gandhi PGI in Lucknow.
He was on life support and according to sources, his condition turned out to be critical on Sunday morning. His kidney function was severely affected and his blood pressure also rose, sources said.
An MLA of Naugawan Sadat meeting place in the Amroha district of Uttar Pradesh, Chauhan had also twice represented BJP in the Lok Sabha in 1991 and 1998.
Chauhan played 40 Tests for India between 1969 and 1978 and had 2,084 runes in an average of 31.54. His highest score is 97 and he made sixteen half-centuries.
Incidentally, Chauhan was the second UP minister to run for Covid-19. UP Minister Kamal Rani Varun had also died at Covid-19 earlier this month.
Up to as many as five UP ministers have tested positive for coronavirus. Before Kamal Rani and Chetan Chauhan, UP ministers Jai Pratap Singh, Upendra Tewari, Rajendra Pratap Singh, and Dharma Singh Saini also had positive tests.
UP has witnessed a sudden rise in Covid-19 cases in recent days and about four thousand cases were reported almost on a daily basis. To date, 2,499 people have died from Covid-19 in the state. The Covid-19 tally stood at 1.54 lakh on Sunday.
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