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BJP MLA Chotelal Verma dies at 73 in Noida
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BJP MLA Chotelal Verma from Agra's Fatehabad constituency died Thursday at a Noida hospital. He was 73. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath paid tribute on X, calling the death extremely sad. Verma first won Fatehabad in 1993 and won again in 2002, 2012 and 2022. In 2022 he secured more than 50,000 votes. His body reached Agra around 3 am Friday.
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What It Means For You
- Fatehabad in Agra loses its sitting BJP MLA, opening a vacancy in the assembly seat.
- Final viewing was planned at the family's Vibhav Nagar residence until around 3 pm Friday.
- Last rites were set with state honours at a Yamuna cremation ground.
What's Happening
- Verma died at a Noida hospital on Thursday, PTI reported.
- His son Mahendra Verma said the body reached Agra around 3 am after a post-mortem in Noida.
- The body was to be taken to ancestral village Nagla Devhans after the Agra viewing.
Verma's electoral path
- He won Fatehabad in 1993, 2002, 2012 and 2022 across BJP and BSP tickets.
- He lost in 1996 and in 2007 when he contested for the Samajwadi Party.
- In 2008 he was appointed vice-chairman of the Ramganga Command Project with minister-of-state rank.
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