UP Congress ex-MLA Akhilesh Singh passes away

Rae Bareli, August 20

Former Congress MLA Akhilesh Singh passed away on Tuesday morning at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS).

A five-term legislator, he had been battling cancer for the past few years.

His daughter, Aditi Singh, now represents Congress from the Sadar seat.

Akhilesh Singh was a popular leader in Rae Bareli and won his seat even as an independent after he left the Congress.

Though he was known for his criminal antecedents with several FIRs registered against him, in his constituency he was like the proverbial ‘Robinhood’.

Sources said the body would be taken to his village Lalupur in Rae Bareli where the cremation would be done later in the day. IANS