Kamla Rani Varun, politician
Kamla Rani Varun
Kamla Rani Varun, an Indian politician, died on August 2, days after testing positive for COVID-19. She was 62 years old.
Ms. Varun, who was Technical Education minister in the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, died during treatment at the SGPGI in Lucknow around 9.30 am.
She tested positive and was receiving treatment, said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath while delivering his condolence message.
Ms. Varun was an MLA from Ghatampur in Kanpur and had been promoted to the State Cabinet in August 2019 when the Adityanath government went in for an expansion following the Lok Sabha victory. She was a former councillor and pracharak of the Seva Bharti, an affiliate of the RSS.
She had success in the Lok Sabha elections in the past, winning from G...