Lucknow
BJP MLA from Sikandra in Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh, Mathura Prasad Pal, passed away on Saturday following a prolonged illness. He was 72.
Pal, a cancer patient, was on his way to Delhi for treatment when he breathed his last near Mathura in the wee hours of Saturday.
On July 17, the BJP MLA was brought to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly on a wheelchair for casting his vote in the presidential election.
The BJP leader’s body would be kept at his native village, Maidupur-Barhapur, in Kanpur Dehat for the people to pay their last respects.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed grief over Pal’s demise and extended his condolences to the bereaved family.
In a message issued here, he said Pal had always been sensitive to the problems of the poor and deprived sections of society.