INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
File photo of Ashok Gasti (Photo Credits: PTI)Ashok Gasti, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP in Rajya Sabha from Karnataka, died due to
multiple organ failure on Thursday
He was suffering from Covid-19.A first-time member of parliament, Gasti was elected to Rajya Sabha in June of this year.The 55-year-old
leader was diagnosed with severe Covid-19 pneumonia on September 2 and had been admitted to Manipal Hospital in Bangalore.According to a
statement issued by the hospital's director, Dr Manish Rai, the Rajya Sabha MP was critically ill with multi-organ failure
"He was on the life support system in the intensive care unit under constant observation by our expert panel of doctors," the doctor
said.Ashok Gasti was a first time Rajya Sabha member
He was elected to the Upper House from Karnataka in June, this year.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over Ashok Gasti's
"Rajya Sabha MP Shri Ashok Gasti was a dedicated Karyakarta who worked hard to strengthen the Party in Karnataka
He was passionate about empowering the poor and marginalised sections of society
Anguished by his passing away
Condolences to his family and friends
Om Shanti," Pm Modi tweeted.A resident of Raichur, Gasti was a lawyer by profession and came from an RSS background
He was a former general secretary of the BJP's OBC cell and has also served as chairperson of the Karnataka Backward Class Development
Corporation.In June, the party nominated him for the Rajya Sabha elections along with Eranna Kadadi, ignoring the state party unit's
