The Minister for Panchayatiraj Kailash Singh Yadav died at a private hospital in Haryana after a prolonged illness on Tuesday. He was 65. The Minister had suffered brain hemorrhage on Sunday and was shifted to Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon by air ambulance. He died on Tuesday afternoon.
The minister is survived by his son, who was recently elected as the district panchayat chairman of Ghazipur, and five daughters. Kailash Singh Yadav had represented Jangipur assembly constituency in Ghazipur for three times in the state assembly in 1996, 2002 and 2012 on Samajwadi Party ticket. He began his stint in public life from the grass root level. He was elected as village Prdhan in 1985 and held this post for 10 years. He had also won the election of block development committee and member district panchyat and was also the chairman of Primary agriculture cooperative society in Ghazipur.
Cremation would be held at the native village of the leader in Ghazipur on Wednesday where several senior SP leaders including Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav would be present. Chief Minister, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, UP assembly Speaker Mata Prasad Pandey and several others expressed condolence on the sudden demise of the leader.
Meanwhile the proceedings of the state assembly were adjourned till February 11 following the death of Minister Kailash Singh Yadav. The parliamentary affairs minister Azam Khan informed the state assembly about the death of the minister when the house had initiated debate on motion of thanks to the joint address by the Governor’.