MP: Cong's councillor post candidate dies of heart attack during counting of votes, also loses poll
Rewa (MP), Jul 17: A Congress candidate, who had contested the election for the post of councillor in a civic body in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh, died of a heart attack that he suffered during the counting of votes on Sunday, an official said.
Harinarayan Gupta (45), who had fought the election from ward number-9 of Hanumana Nagar Parishad earlier this month, felt uneasy during the counting of votes, in which he came to knew that he was trailing behind his rival, a party leader said.
Gupta later died at a hospital and also lost the election, he said.
"The health condition of Harinarayan Gupta deteriorated at around 10 am and he later suffered a heart attack when the counting of votes was underway," Sub Divisional Officer of Police (SDOP) Naveen Dubey said.
Gupta was then admitted to a hospital, where he died at around 11.30 am, he added.
An independent candidate, Akhilesh Gupta, won the election against the Congress candidate Harinarayan Gupta by a margin of 14 votes and the process of issuing the certificate was underway.
Talking to PTI, district president of the Congress, Triyoginagarayan Shukla, said his party's performance was very strong in Hanumana Nagar Parishad as eight out of total 15 the councillors belonged to the grand old party.
Gupta felt when counting was underway in which he was trailing, he said.
Local bodies elections in the state for 413 municipalities, including 16 Nagar Palika Nigam, 99 Nagar Palika Parishad and 298 Nagar Parishad were held in two phases - on July 6 and 13. Under the first-phase, polling was held in 11 municipal corporations, 36 nagar palikas and 86 nagar parishads. The counting of votes began at 9 am on Sunday.
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Patna-bound IndiGo flight makes emergency landing at Lucknow due to bad weather
Lucknow (PTI): Adverse weather forced an IndiGo Kolkata-Patna flight to make an emergency landing at Lucknow airport on Friday, airport sources said.
According to airport officials, weather conditions in Patna deteriorated suddenly on Friday afternoon, affecting flight operations.
IndiGo flight 6E 6917 from Kolkata, which was scheduled to land in Patna at 3.50 pm, could not land due to bad weather and kept circling in the air after failing to get clearance from air traffic control, they said.
The flight was later diverted to Lucknow and landed safely at the Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport at around 5.15 pm. There were 180 passengers and six crew members on board, officials said.
The aircraft was later allowed to depart for Patna after weather conditions improved.
