Lucknow: Five-time MLA and former speaker from the upper assembly between 2007 and 2012, Sukhdev Rajbhar, died after a prolonged illness in Lucknow on Monday.
He served as a speaker from 2007-12.
Rajbhar, who retired from politics earlier this year while he was a member of BSP, had written an open letter to the Head of BSP Mayawati, lamenting the weakening of the rainy movement.
His death was wrapped across the council with the chairman of Yogi Minister Adtityanath and SP Head Akhilesh Yadav considering his contribution to politics.
“Rajbhar was a public senior representative, after winning his last election from Diaganjj Azamgarh in 2017.
He was very knowledgeable about the rules and constitutional traditions.
He also worked for the parts of the poor and weaker,” CM said, praying for the soul who died and Express sympathy with his family.
SP head, whose party Rajbhar made his son join before retiring from politics, called it very sad and a big loss for the community.
“It’s very sad.
Your political life, dedicated to social justice, will continue to inspire us forever,” he said.
In a message of condolence, the speaker Assembly Hriday Narayan Dikshit said that it would be difficult to fill the emptiness left by Rajbhar’s death.