BN Vijayakumar, a sitting member of legislative assembly of the Bharatiya Janata Party died of a massive heart attack at a hospital in Bengaluru early this morning.
59-year-old Vijayakumar, a candidate for the upcoming assembly election in the State on May 12, collapsed during an election rally in Bengaluru's Jayanagar constituency last night.
He was admitted to the government-run Jayadeva Institute of Cardiology late last night. He was contesting from Jayanagara constituency in Bengaluru. Election to this constituency will be countermanded. "Doctors attended to him till around 1 am this morning, but efforts to resuscitate him failed," state BJP spokesperson S Prakash said.
"His humility, dedication & commitment to party and people will be remembered. A great loss for us. Our condolences to his family. We pray for his Sadgati," the Karnataka BJP tweeted.
"I am deeply pained at the untimely demise of my friend & party stalwart Jayanagar MlA Shri BN Vijaykumar. May God give strength to his family to bear this huge loss. We will work to strengthen his ideals," BJP chief ministerial candidate BS Yeddyurappa tweeted.
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah too tweeted about Vijayakumar's death.