5-time MLA Arvind Giri dies of cardiac arrest
Giri started his political career as a student leader and joined the SP in 1994. He won the 1996 Assembly election on an SP ticket from Haiderbad seat.
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UP BJP MLA Arvind Giri (right). (Source: Twitter/ArvindgiriMLA)BJP MLA from Gola Gokarannath constituency Arvind Giri died of a cardiac arrest on Monday. He will be cremated on Wednesday, they added.
Giri started his political career as a student leader and joined the SP in 1994. He won the 1996 Assembly election on an SP ticket from Haiderbad seat. He was elected from the constituency again in 2002 and 2007 – when the seat was renamed as Gola Gokarnath after a delimitation exercise. He later joined BJP and won from Gola Gokarnnath in the 2017 and 2022 elections.
BJP’s state president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary, state general secretary (organisation) Dharampal Singh and other party leaders visited Giri’s residence in Lalhapur pay tributes.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tweeted: “The demise of BJP MLA Shri Arvind Giri ji from Gola assembly constituency of Lakhimpur Kheri district is extremely sad. My condolences are with the bereaved families. May Lord Shri Ram grant the departed soul a place at his feet and strength to the bereaved family members to bear this unfathomable loss. On Shanti.” SP president Akhilesh Yadav also expressed grief over the MLA’s death.
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