Rajasthan BJP leader and Rajsamand MLA Kiran Maheshwari, 59, no more

JAIPUR: BJP leader and Rajsamand MLA Kiran Maheshwari (59) lost her battle with Covid-19 and passed away at a private hospital in Gurugram late on Sunday night. Maheshwari had disclosed she was positive on her Twitter account on October 28. After initially being treated in Udaipur, she was shifted to the Medanta hospital on November 7 due to health complications.
Sources said that she was stable until a day ago, but her condition worsened in the last 24 hours.She had some underlying health conditions and some of her organs had collapsed due to the impact of the virus which resulted in her death, reports said.
Maheshwari started her political career in 1985 and went on to win a term in Lok Sabha and three consecutive terms in assembly from Rajsamand. Her body has been flown to Udaipur and the last rites will be held on Tuesday. Reports said that she contracted the infection while holding back-to-back meetings with party workers as she was in charge of municipal polls in Kota.
Born on October 29, 1961, in Ratlam, Kiran Maheswari entered public life at the age of 24.