Archive · 8 Jan 2026
Veteran SP MLA Vijay Singh Gond dies
Vijay Singh Gond, a 71-year-old MLA from the Samajwadi Party, passed away in a hospital in Lucknow.
He had been very sick for a long time because of his kidneys not working.
He was an important leader and had been in politics for many years, winning elections many times.
His party leader, Akhilesh Yadav, came to the hospital after hearing the news.
Vijay Singh Gond is survived by his wife and two sons.
His last rites will be performed on Friday.
This is the second time the Duddhi seat has become empty since the 2022 elections.
Veteran Samajwadi Party MLA Vijay Singh Gond, 71, passed away in Lucknow’s SGPGI after a prolonged illness due to kidney failure.
Gond was elected to the Duddhi seat in a 2024 bypoll after the previous BJP MLA was convicted in a rape case.
He had been hospitalized for over eight months, with the last three months spent at SGPGI.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav arranged to send Gond’s body to Sonbhadra district for last rites, which will be held on Friday.
Gond’s political career spanned over four decades, winning elections on various party tickets including Congress, Janata Dal, and Samajwadi Party.
- Who
- Vijay Singh Gond, 71, Samajwadi Party MLA from Duddhi
- What
- Passed away after prolonged hospitalisation for kidney ailment
- When
- Thursday morning
- Where
- Lucknow’s SGPGI
- Why
- Due to kidney failure after a prolonged illness
- Name
- Vijay Singh Gond
- Age
- 71
- Cause of Death
- Kidney ailment
- Party
- Samajwadi Party
- Constituency
- Duddhi
- Last Rites
- Friday
- Survivors
- Wife and two sons
- Previous Roles
- Minister of State, Chairman of UP Projects Corporation