Veteran Congress leader Motilal Vora passed on Monday, a day after he celebrated his 93rd birthday. Vora, who had recovered from Covid-19 in October, was admitted to Delhi’s Escorts Hospital after he complained of breathlessness on December 19.
Having held one of the most important organisational posts of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) treasurer for nearly two decades, Vora was appointed as the general secretary in charge of administration in 2018.
Vora’s successor Ahmed Patel held the post till his death on November 25 this year. He died of post-Covid complications in a Gurugram hospital.
A former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and a former Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Vora, a Gandhi family loyalist, was known for his relations across political spectrum.
In a party reshuffle carried out by Congress president Sonia Gandhi in September this year, Vora was not given any party responsibility in view of his advancing age.
A journalist by profession, he worked with Navbharat Times as its correspondent in Bombay (now Mumbai), then served with Navbharat in Nagpur and Raipur and later with Nagpur Times in Nagpur.
Tuesday, 22 December 2020 | PNS | New Delhi
