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Bihar: JDU leader Tanveer Akhtar dies of COVID-19, CM Nitish Kumar mourns loss
Senior Janata Dal (United) leader and a member of Bihar Legislative Council Tanveer Akhtar succumbed to COVID-19 on Saturday (May 8, 2021). He was in-charge of the state of JDU Minority Cell.
Highlights
- Senior Janata Dal (United) leader Tanveer Akhtar succumbed to COVID-19 on Saturday
- Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed condolences on his death and called him a skilled politician.
New Delhi: Senior Janata Dal (United) leader and a member of Bihar Legislative Council Tanveer Akhtar succumbed to COVID-19 on Saturday (May 8, 2021). He was in-charge of the state of JDU Minority Cell.
Tanveer Akhtar became an MLC in 2016 and his term was till July 2022.
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar expressed condolences on the death of Legislative Councilor and called Tanveer Akhtar a skilled politician. Kumar called him as a sociable person and remembered him as a very popular mass leader. The Chief Minister has said that the last rites of Tanveer Akhtar will be performed with state honors.
Meanwhile, Bihar has recorded the maximum number of 1 lakh 21 thousand 340 corona infected so far. Of these 98,100 infected have become healthy while 10 infected have died during treatment. Currently, Patna has 22,330 active COVID-19 patients.