Two ailing Lok Sabha members dead

Two Lok Sabha members, Rashtriya Janata Dal’s (RJD’s) Md Taslimuddin and Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Mahant Chand Nath passed away on Sunday. Both had been ailing.

Chand Nath was the MP from Rajasthan’s Alwar, while Mohammad Taslimuddin from Araria in Bihar. Both seats would now need bypolls. Elections also need to be held on Ajmer Lok Sabha seat after the sitting BJP member Sanwar Lal Jat passed away in August. Elections are also due in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur and Phulpur seats after sitting members, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya, have been elected to the