Ex-Haryana Cong chief Shamsher Surjewala passes away; Rahul Gandhi visits AIIMS

Former Haryana Congress chief Shamsher Singh Surjewala passed away on Monday following a brief illness. Surjewala had served as a Minister in the Haryana government four times and was also elected to the Rajya Sabha once.

New Delhi:Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited AIIMS after Shamsher Singh Surjewala, former Haryana Congress chief, passed away on Monday following a brief illness at the hospital.

Surjewala had served as a Minister in the Haryana government four times and was also elected to the Rajya Sabha once.

He is the father of Congress national media in-charge and national spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala.

Shamsher Singh won from Narwana Assembly constituency in 1967, 1977, 1982 and 1991.

He was also elected as an MLA from Kaithal assembly constituency in 2001.

He had also served as Opposition party leader in the Haryana Assembly.

His funeral will take place on Monday afternoon in Narwana.