NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, DEC 12
In a mosquito related ailment, former aide of Patidar leader Hardik Patel and Gujarat BJP MLA Dr Asha Patel died on Sunday while undergoing treatment for dengue in a hospital in Ahmedabad, party colleagues informed.
ઊંઝાના ધારાસભ્ય ડૉ.આશાબેન પટેલને ભાવભીની શ્રદ્ધાંજલિ 🙏 pic.twitter.com/WuENKwYAVj
— BJP Gujarat (@BJP4Gujarat) December 12, 2021
44-year-old MLA from Unjha Assembly constituency in Mehsana district died in Zydus hospital where she was on ventilator support after being admitted on Friday evening, they said.
ઊંઝા ધારાસભ્યશ્રી અને ભાજપના સંનિષ્ઠ કાર્યકર અમારા સાથી અને સહયોગી અને મહિલા અગ્રણી ડૉ. આશાબેન પટેલના દુઃખદ અવસાનથી અમે સર્વ આઘાતની લાગણી અનુભવીએ છીએ. પરમકૃપાળુ પરમાત્મા તેમના દિવ્ય આત્માને ચીર શાંતિ પ્રદાન કરે એ જ અભ્યર્થના… pic.twitter.com/Yd1jikN4mj
— Nitin Patel (Modi ka Parivar) (@Nitinbhai_Patel) December 12, 2021
“I inform you with profound sadness that Unjha MLA Asha Patel is no longer with us. She was admitted in Zydus hospital at Ahmedabad for treatment of dengue, but the seriousness of her case was such that despite the best efforts by a team of doctors, she could not be saved,” former deputy chief minister Nitin Patel told reporters.
Her mortal remains will be taken to Unjha and kept in the market yard for the public to pay tribute and her last rites will be held in Siddhpur crematorium on Monday, he added.
In a statement, the Gujarat BJP said Patel was suffering from dengue soon after returning from Delhi and she lost her fight against the ailment on Sunday.
State Revenue Minister Rajendra Trivedi said Patel suffered from multiple organ failure. Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Governor Acharya Devvrat condoled her death.
Patel, who was active in the Patidar stir for quota, was elected as MLA from Unjha for the first time in 2017 on a Congress ticket, but switched over to the ruling BJP in February, 2019 and then won a bypoll.
