Senior legislator from Panki constituency of Palamu, Bidesh Singh died of a cardiac arrest at 1.15 am on Tuesday night. Singh’s condition had worsened at his Tarhassi village home, about 29 kilometers away from Daltonganj from where he was rushed to Sadar Hospital in Daltonganj.
Singh’s treatment began at 12 night. Family sources said his condition was deteriorating soon after he took dinner along with his supporters at Tarhassi. Sadar hospital doctor R K Ranjan said, “The MlA had white froth on his face. He was unconscious. His BP was low. His pulse was sinking. His pupils were slow in reaction to light which assured us the MlA was alive not clinically dead but his condition was extremely critical.”
Bidesh Singh, considered a political stalwart in the region, was sitting MlA of Panki. Chief Minister Raghubar Das and the entire political fraternity expressed grief over his demise. Das instructed to conduct his cremation with State Honour and also asked Urban Development Minister CP Singh and Chhatarpur MlA RK Kishore to visit the MlA’s house.
Former CM Arjun Munda, Congress leaders Sukhdeo Bhagat, Pradeep Balmuchu among others, AJSU Chief Sudesh Mahto and others expressed condolence on Singh’s demise.
Bidesh Singh’s trusted man Mumtaz Khan ( Bada) of Gurha village said that the MlA had a peaceful evening on Monday. He took his dinner. There was special mutton, rice, roti plates for him and his supporters. Khan, quoting family sources, said he started feeling heaviness and pain in his chest once he went to sleep in his room at his Tarhassi house. He was an acute diabetic too, said his supporter Khan here.
DIG police Palamu, Saket Kumar Singh said the MlA’s son Bittu telephoned him around2.45 am and told him of the passing away of his ( Bittu) father.
As the news of Bidesh Singh’s death spread, a huge crowd of people gathered at his Daltonganj based house. The body was taken down to the Congress Bhavan for some time from where it was taken down to his native village in his assembly constituency.