Karnataka polls: Jayanagar BJP MLA Vijaya Kumar dies of cardiac arrest

The lawmaker collapsed on Thursday while campaigning in his constituency

Bharatiya Janata Party legislator from the Jayanagar assembly segment, B N Vijaya Kumar, died here early on Friday, a party official said. He was 60.

The two-time lawmaker was in the fray from the same constituency for the May 12 Karnataka Assembly elections.

"Vijaya Kumar was admitted into a nearby hospital after he collapsed on Thursday evening following a cardiac arrest while campaigning in his constituency," the official told IANS.

He died at the state-run hospital after efforts to revive him failed, a doctor said.

The party's state unit chief B.S. Yeddyurappa mourned the death. "I am deeply pained at the untimely demise of my friend and party stalwart Vijaya Kumar...," Yeddyurappa tweeted.
 

 

I am deeply pained at the untimely demise of my friend & party stalwart Jayanagar MLA Shri @BNVijaykumar. May God give strength to his family to bear this huge loss. We will work to strengthen his ideals.

— B.S. Yeddyurappa (@BSYBJP) May 4, 2018

 

 

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also expressed his condolences over Kumar's demise. "..I express my condolences to his family and loved ones. Vijaya Kumar was a sincere and hardworking political leader," he tweeted.

Jayanagara MLA Shri B N Vijaya Kumar has died suddenly apparently due to cardiac arrest.

I express my condolences to his family & loved ones. Shri Vijaya Kumar was a sincere & hard working political leaders

May his soul rest in peace. pic.twitter.com/Q7D8lERleZ

— Siddaramaiah (@siddaramaiah) May 4, 2018

The Election Commission was likely to countermand the poll in Jayanagar Assembly seat on account of Kumar's death as a candidate in the fray.