Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan’s cousin dies of COVID-19

Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan’s cousin Jitender Balyan died in Delhi’s AIIMS due to COVID-19 on Tuesday, according to family members.

Jitender Balyan was elected as the village head of Kutba village in Muzaffarnagar district in the recently concluded panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh.

He got infected with COVID-19 during election campaigning and was being treated at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, family members said.