Congress' Jalandhar MP Santokh Chaudhary 
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Cong MP Santokh Chaudhary dies: Partap Singh Bajwa

Chaudhary was taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-led march in Phillaur where he fainted.

PTI

CHANDIGARGH: Congress' Jalandhar MP Santokh Chaudhary died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest during the Bharat Jodo Yatra, senior party leader Partap Singh Bajwa said.

Chaudhary was taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-led march in  Phillaur  where he fainted.

Bajwa, who was also at the yatra, said Chaudhary was taken to a hospital in Phagwara where he died.

The Bharat Jodo Yatra resumed from Ladhowal here Saturday morning as part of its Punjab  leg.

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