Ashok Gasti Health Update: BJP's Newly-Elected Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka Remains Critical, Says Manipal Hospital
Rajya Sabha parliamentarian from Karnataka Ashok Gasti on Thursday died in Bengaluru. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was admitted to a hospital in Bengaluru on September 2 after he tested positive for COVID-19.
Bengaluru, September 17: Rajya Sabha parliamentarian from Karnataka Ashok Gasti on Thursday remains to be in critical condition in Bengaluru. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader was admitted to a Manipal hospital in Bengaluru on September 2 after he tested positive for COVID-19.
Informing about Gasti's health, Manipal hospital in Bengaluru said the Rajya Sabha MP was critical, indicating that he is alive. "Gasti was admitted with severe Covid-19 pneumonia. He is critically ill with multiple organ failure and was on the life support system in the intensive care unit (ICU)," Manipal Director Manish Rai said in a statement.
The newly-elected Rajya Sabha MP had taken oath on July 22 this year and had served as the chairman of Karnataka Backward Classes Commission. Gasti is also credited for organising the BJP in Raichur district in the state. Nitin Gadkari Tests Positive for COVID-19, Opts for Self Isolation.
Gasti is an active member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and was an activist of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). He had joined BJP when he was 18-years-old and had headed Karnataka BJP's Yuva Morcha.
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