Former AAP MLA from Rajouri Garden, Jarnail Singh, died on Friday morning of Covid-related complications.
He had been under intensive care at a super-specialty hospital here for over nine days, his family members said.
Jarnail Singh had resigned from his seat in the Delhi assembly to contest the 2017 assembly polls in Punjab.
He contested the high-profile Lambi seat against Prakash Singh Badal and Capt Amarinder Singh. Badal won the seat.
Jarnail Singh, a former journalist, had quit his job after he hurled a shoe at then Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram in March 2009.
Singh a survivour of the 1984 anti-sikh riots, was a resident of Lajpat Nagar in Delhi.
He authored a book ‘I accuse: The Anti-Sikh Violence of 1984’ detailing several unknown aspects.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia also condoled the demise.
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— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 14, 2021