Gujarat Congress leader Badruddin Shaikh passes away due to COVID-19

Gujarat Congress leader Badruddin Shaikh died on Sunday night, succumbing to COVID-19, party leader Shaktisinh Gohil said.

Shaikh tested positive for COVID-19 on April 15 and was admitted to the SVP Hospital on the same day.

Congress's national spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil posted a condolence message on his Twitter account, expressing his grief.


"I am at loss of words. Badrubhai, as we called him, was a stellar of strength and patience. A senior leader of our Gujarat Congress family, I knew him for 40 years when he was with Youth Congress. He was relentlessly working with poor people and was infected with COVID-19. RIP my friend," Gohil tweeted on Sunday.