Rohit Sardana Dies: Senior News Anchor Passes Away Due to Heart Attack After Testing COVID-19 Positive; Rajnath Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, Others Express Condolences

New Delhi, April 30: Senior journalist and news anchor Rohit Sardana died on Friday due to a heart attack after testing positive for COVID-19. After the news of Rohit Sardana's death surfaces, condolence messages started to pour in across media fraternity. Top politicians, including Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri also expressed grief over the demise of the senior news anchor. Rohit Sardana Dies; Senior Journalist Passes Away of Heart Attack After Testing COVID-19 Positive, Sudhir Chaudhary Pays His Condolence.

Sardana was a news anchor in Aaj Tak. He joined the news channel in 2017 and was hosting the debate show "Dangal". The senior journalist had also worked with Zee News till 2017. He had hosted a popular show, "Taal Thok Ke", a debate programme, on Zee News.  Rohit Sardana Dies: Politicians And Journalists Express Condolences Over Demise of Senior News Anchor.

Here Are Condolences Messages Over Demise of Rohit Sardana:

Tweet by Rajnath Singh:

Tweet by Hardeep Singh Puri:

Tweet By Preeti Gandhi:

Tweet by Gaurav Pandhi:

Tweet By Manjinder Singh Sirsa:

Tweet By Rajdeep Sardesai:

Tweet by Sudhir Chaudhary:

Tweet By Payal Mehta:

The senior news anchor was diagnosed with coronavirus on April 24. After testing positive for COVID-19, Sardana had tweeted that the RT-PCR report was negative, but was tested COVID-19 positive in CT-scan. Sardana was awarded the Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Puraskar by the government.

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