Senior UP Congress leader and state general secretary Raja JP Singh (58) passed away after a prolonged illness in Lucknow. Singh was the younger brother of former IAS officer Aparmita Pratap Singh.

Singh’s family said that the leader breathed his last at Sanjay Gandhi Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) during treatment on Thursday and he was cremated in Varanasi, his native place on Saturday.

Singh belonged to a royal family from Varanasi and is survived by his widow and two sons, both residing in the US.

Meanwhile, UP Congress chief Raj Babbar, along with other senior leaders including Rajya Sabha member Sanjay Singh, MP PL Puniya, former UP Home Minister Satyadeo Tripathi and others, mourned Singh’s death. A condolence meeting was also held at the UPCC headquarters in Mall Avenue on Saturday evening.

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