UNION MINISTER RAM VILAS PASWAN DIED DAYS AFTER HEART SURGERY

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RAM VILAS PASWAN DIES: CHIRAG PASWAN SHARED AN OLD PHOTO OF HIM AND HIS FATHER ALONG WITH THE TWEET.

New Delhi: Ram Vilas Paswan -- minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet and the founder of the Lok Janshakti Party -- died on Thursday at a Delhi hospital where he was recuperating from heart surgery. The 74-year-old was undergoing treatment at the hospital, and had to undergo surgery last Saturday "due to the situation that had suddenly emerged," his son Chirag Paswan had tweeted on Saturday. On Thursday evening, the 37-year-old posted the news of his death."Papa. Now you are not in this world but I know you are always with me wherever you are. Miss you Papa," read his post, with which he shared a throwback photograph with his father. "I am saddened beyond words. There is a void in our nation that will perhaps never be filled. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan Ji's demise is a personal loss. I have lost a friend, valued colleague and someone who was extremely passionate to ensure every poor person leads a life of dignity," PM Modi's post read.