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JMM Senior Leader and Jharkhand Minister Sudivya Kumar Dies
Sudivya Kumar was a senior leader of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha party.
He was also a minister in the Jharkhand government.
He died at the age of 56.
A party leader said that he died after a cardiac arrest.
Kumar had been elected from Giridih in 2019.
He worked closely with Chief Minister Hemant Soren.
Before his death, he had visited Karnataka to discuss improving tourism in Jharkhand.
The JMM and the state government expressed deep sadness over his death.
Sudivya Kumar, a senior JMM leader and Jharkhand minister, died at age 56.
A JMM leader said Kumar died of cardiac arrest on September 6.
Kumar represented Giridih in the Jharkhand Assembly after first being elected in 2019.
He held the Higher and Technical Education, Urban Development, Tourism, Arts and Culture, and Sports and Youth Affairs portfolios.
Kumar recently led a Jharkhand delegation to Karnataka to discuss tourism infrastructure and forest-management cooperation.
- Who
- Sudivya Kumar, a senior Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader and state minister, died; he is survived by two daughters and a son.
- What
- Kumar died at age 56, reportedly from cardiac arrest.
- Where
- The death was reported in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
- When
- September 6; the report does not specify the year.
- Why
- A JMM leader attributed the death to cardiac arrest.
Key facts
- Age
- 56
- Party
- Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)
- Assembly constituency
- Giridih
- First elected
- 2019
- Ministerial portfolios
- Higher and Technical Education, Urban Development, Tourism, Arts and Culture, and Sports and Youth Affairs
- Family
- Two daughters and one son
- Recent assignment
- Led a Jharkhand delegation to Karnataka on tourism infrastructure and forest-management cooperation
Quotes
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
The political party Kumar represented and the party that announced his death
“The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha family is stunned and heart-broken by the untimely demise of Sudivya Kumar, a dedicated comrade of JMM and a Minister in Jharkhand government”
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