Senior Gujarat Congress MLA Anil Joshiyara dies of post-Covid-19 complications

Following the announcement, proceedings of the House were adjourned by Speaker Nimaben Acharya after observing a two-minute silence.

Joshiyara, 70, was among the senior-most MLAs of Gujarat Assembly and was diagnosed with Covid-19 in January. Although he recovered from Covid-19, he later developed post-Covid lung complications. He was first shifted to a private hospital in Ahmedabad and then to another private hospital in Chennai. He breathed his last in Chennai.

He was a doctor by profession and represented Congress party for the past 25 years in Gujarat.