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BJP MLA of Meghalaya T H Rangad dies
Shillong, July 04: Sitting BJP MLA of Meghalaya Assembly and former home minister, Thrang Hok Rangad died at a hospital here early today.
Shillong, July 04: Sitting BJP MLA of Meghalaya
Assembly and former home minister, Thrang Hok Rangad died at a
hospital here early today.
He was 49 and is survived by wife and three daughters.
Rangad, who represented Laban constituency, was
suffering from lung cancer. For the last few weeks he was
undergoing treatment at the Nazareth Hospital here where he
breathed his last at around 2.30 am, BJP sources said.
His funeral would be conducted on Sunday, the party
sources said.
A member of BJP national executive, Rangad joined
politics in 1991 by entering the saffron party.
Rangad was the home minister in the earlier E K Mawlong-led ministry. He also held the portfolios of Information and Public Relations, Information Technology and Education Departments.
He resigned from the Mawlong government in the wake of the controversy over building a 'Meghalaya House' in Kolkata.
Bureau Report
Rangad was the home minister in the earlier E K Mawlong-led ministry. He also held the portfolios of Information and Public Relations, Information Technology and Education Departments.
He resigned from the Mawlong government in the wake of the controversy over building a 'Meghalaya House' in Kolkata.
Bureau Report