Hyderabad, Feb. 1 -- Zakia Jafri, the 2002 Gujarat riot survivor and wife of slain MP Ehsan Jafri passed away on Saturday, February 1.

"Zakia Appa, a compassionate leader of the human rights community, passed away just 30 minutes ago!," human rights activist Teesta Setalvad posted on X.

Zakia was the wife of Ehsan Jafri a Congress MP, a freedom fighter, unionist and literary figure. In February 2002, Ehsan canvassed against Narendra Modi who was contesting a by-election in Rajkot. In one of his speeches, he "had urged people not to vote for him because he was an RSS man". He died a few weeks later.

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