Senior BJP leader and former Trilokpuri MlA Sunil Vaid, who fell unconscious on stage while delivering his address during the rally of Union Minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti on December 8, passed away at a private hospital in the national Capital on Wednesday.
Vaid, 47, had been on ventilator in the hospital situated in South Delhi’s Sarita Vihar since the incident. “Vaid had suffered brain haemorrhage. He was declared dead by doctors around 11.30 am this morning,” said Praveen Shankar Kapoor, media in-charge of Delhi BJP. local BJP leader Ajay Singh said that Vaid fell unconscious and collapsed on stage while delivering his address at the rally in Trilokpuri on December 8.
East Delhi MP Maheish Girri was also on the stage when the incident took place. It happened minutes before Sadhvi reached the venue. The Aam Aadmi Party had earlier accused Vaid of fomenting the Trilokpuri riots.