Newly-elected Karnataka MLA dies in road accident
Team Udayavani, May 28, 2018, 9:40 AM IST
Bagalkote: Former union minister and newly-elected Congress MLA Siddu Nyamagouda died in a road accident in Bagalkote district early today, a senior police official said.
Nyamagouda was on the way to his constituency Jamkhandi from Goa when the car he was travelling in tried to avoid a lorry and hit a road side parapet wall, District Superintendent of PoliceVamshikumar told PTI.
The 70-year-old lawmaker was in New Delhi and had returned to Goa by flight before he proceeded to his constituency by car, he said.
Nyamagouda had suffered severe injuries and died instantly, he said.
He is survived by wife, two sons and three daughters.
Nyamagouda was the union minister in the P V Narasimha Rao ministry in 1990-91.
In respect for his demise, Bagalkot district has called for a bandh. Several political leaders including former Minister Umashree are mourning for his death.
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