{"id":10726,"date":"2020-07-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=10726"},"modified":"2020-07-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T00:00:00","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=10726","title":{"rendered":"Mahesh Sharma, politician"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mahesh Sharma, a politician from the Indian state of Gujarat, died of Covid-19 on July 19, 2020.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Sharma, who was vice-president of BJP’s Vadodara unit, passed away at a private hospital.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

He was undergoing treatment after having tested positive for Covid-19 last week.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Sharma, in his mid 50s, was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) before he joined the BJP over two decades ago.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Senior party leaders remembered Sharma for his dedication to the party’s internal affairs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

“He was an extremely committed leader. He never contested elections but was always in the forefront of all activities undertaken by the party. When I was the general secretary of the Yuva Morcha, he was the vice-president of the organisation. We have worked very closely,” said veteran party leader Rakesh Patel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Sharma is survived by his wife, daughter, son and daughter-in-law. Patel said that Sharma’s family is asymptomatic and under quarantine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

The Indian Express<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/p>

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Mahesh Sharma, a politician from the Indian state of Gujarat, died of Covid-19 on July 19, 2020. Sharma, who was vice-president of BJP’s Vadodara unit, passed away at a private hospital. He was undergoing treatment after having tested positive for Covid-19 last week. Sharma, in his mid 50s, was a member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[47,3,7019],"tags":[1051,114,8051,113,792,6710,8347,6709,6224,6237,636,6434,6435],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/wp-content\/uploads\/imageholder\/uploads\/Mahesh_Sharma.jpg?fit=%2C&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2838,"url":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=2838","url_meta":{"origin":10726,"position":0},"title":"Fatemeh Rahbar, politician","date":"March 9, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Fatemeh Rahbar \u2013an Iranian conservative politician who served three terms as a member of the Iranian Parliament representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr \u2013 succumbed to Covid-19 on 7 March 2020. 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