Kanpur, Nov. 29 -- Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Sriprakash Jaiswal passed away following a cardiac arrest in Kanpur on Friday. He was 81. Confirming Jaiswal's demise, Congress city unit chief Pawan Gupta said his condition deteriorated suddenly. He was initially admitted to a nursing home in Kidwai Nagar and later referred to a cardiology institute where doctors declared him dead. Born in 1944 in Kanpur to Ganga Prasad Jaiswal and Chandrakali Devi, Jaiswal remained closely tied to his hometown throughout his life. Jaiswal was first elected mayor of Kanpur in 1989. He was later given the Congress ticket for the Lok Sabha elections in 1998, polling 99,000 votes in what was considered a BJP stronghold. Jaiswal was the minis...