Lucknow, July 7 -- Raja Anand Singh, alias Annu Bhaiya, the father of Union Minister of State for External Affairs Kirtivardhan Singh, died here on late Sunday night.
Family members said Raja Saheb, 87, was rushed to the hospital in Lucknow when he had trouble breathing. Later, doctors declared him dead.
The former UP minister is a four-time MP from Gonda and was elected Member of Parliament for the 1971, 1980, 1984, and 1989 Lok Sabha on a Congress ticket. In 2012, he was elected to the UP assembly from Gaura seat in Gonda on Samajwadi Party symbol.
From 2012 to 2017, he was also the Minister of Agriculture in the Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. He had since retired from politics. His son Kirtivardhan Sin...