Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Revenue and Flood Control Vijay Kashyap died from coronavirus at a Gurgaon hospital on Tuesday.
55-year-old Kashyap who was an MLA from Muzaffarnagar's Charthawal Assembly seat. He died at Gurgaon's Medanta Hospital.
He is the third UP minister who has succumbed to the virus. Last year, UP ministers Kamal Rani Varun and Chetan Chauhan had died from the infection.
Paying his condolences, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Vijay Kashyap was devoted to public interest works. UP CM Yogi Adityanath and state BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh too expressed grief over his demise.