BJP leader and former Union Minister Dilip Gandhi died at a hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday, household sources mentioned.
He was 69.
Gandhi had served because the Minister of State for Shipping within the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led central authorities.
He not too long ago examined optimistic for coronavirus and was present process therapy for a number of illnesses, the sources mentioned.
The BJP leader, who began his profession as a corporator in late 80s, had gained the Lok Sabha elections thrice since 1999 from Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.
He was denied ticket within the 2019 normal polls.
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