Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh passes away
Former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Virbhadra Singh passed away on Thursday, July 8, 2021, three days after he had suffered a cardiac attack in Shimla.
The six-time Chief Minister was on ventilator support at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) after he suffered a heart attack on July 5. Janak Raj, Senior Medical Superintendent, IGMC, said Singh passed away around 3:30 am on Thursday.
In the past three months the 87-year-old Congress leader twice got infected from COVID-19 and recovered from it but was kept at the IGMC under observation.
The Himachal Pradesh government on Friday declared three-day state mourning, from July 8 to July 10, in the honour of Virbhadra Singh.
