- Former Union minister and BJP leader Dilip Gandhi died of COVID-19 at a private hospital in New Delhi. He was 69.
- Dilip Gandhi had tested positive for the novel coronavirus and was admitted to a private hospital where he was put on a ventilator.
- Gandhi started his career as a corporator in late 80s and won the Lok Sabha elections three times since 1999 from Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.
- He also held the shipping ministry charge in the Vajpayee Govt in 2003. He was denied a ticket by BJP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
