Rajya Sabha MP Hardwar Dubey passes away

Rajya Sabha MP Hardwar Dubey passes away: Hardwar Dubey, a senior politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a Rajya Sabha member from Uttar Pradesh, died. He was a sitting MP elected to the Rajya Sabha in November 2020. The late Dubey, 74, was also elected as a member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Agra Cantonment assembly segment in 1990s and served as a minister in the Kalyan Singh ministry in 1991. The late Dubey, who was loyal to the Sangh parivaar and its affiliate Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), was appointed state spokesperson and vice-president of the BJP in 2011 and 2013, respectively, before being elected to the Rajya Sabha.