AICC general secretary and party incharge of Telangana Digvijaya Singh was bereaved as his youngest daughter Karnika Singh died due to cancer in New Delhi on Friday. Karnika was 37-year-old. She is the youngest among the four daughters of Singh. She was admitted in a private hospital a few days ago and breathed her last at around 5 AM on Friday.
She had undergone treatment for the disease in the US as well. But Karnika succumbed to the deadly disease. Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi along with senior party leader Ghulam Nabi Azad visited Singh at his residence located in 64 Lodhi Estate.
Karnika’s body has been taken to Wadhwan in Gujarat via road for the last rites. Karnika’s mother, Asha, who was the first wife of Singh, had also died due to cancer in 2013. Karnika was married to Siddharth Singh Jhala of Wadhwan royal family in Surendra Nagar district of Gujarat.
She is survived by her husband and seven-year-old-son, Prabhavoday Singh Jhala. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan expressed grief over the demise of Digvijaya’s daughter. Karnika was the daughter of Digvijay’s first-wife Rani Asha Kumari. Digvijay Singh married to TV anchor Amrita Rai in 2015.
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