BJP’s Ashok Gasti, First-Time Rajya Sabha Member, Dies Of COVID-19

Bangalore: 

Ashok Gasti, a BJP Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, died of the deadly coronavirus today, just months after he was nominated to the upper house.

The 55-year-old was from Raichur in north Karnataka and was previously a booth-level worker.

After his election in June this year, Mr Gasti did not get a chance to attend Parliament due to the pandemic. He was a first-time Rajya Sabha member.

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