Mangaluru: Former Minister of Union and Members of Rajya Saba, Oscar Fernandes died in a private hospital in Mangaloru on Monday.
He was 80.
Fernandes suffered an injury after he fell ill while doing routine exercises and being treated at Yenepoya Hospital here on July 19.
The leader of the Veteran Congress has lost its balance while doing the push-up wall and crashing into a wall.
It was found that he had a lump in the brain, after he went to the hospital where he was undergoing dialysis.
He had told the doctor that he had often experienced a headache after falling down.
Medical examination detects lumps in his brain, sources close to their families say.
Sad with the death of Rajya Sabha MP Shri Oscar Fernandes Ji.
In this sad time, my thoughts and prayers are …
https://t.co/ PMO India (@PMOINDIA) 1631528004000Fernandes is a minister of union workers, roads and highways and work and work at UPA.
Respected politicians, Fernandes together close to the leader of Top Congress Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi.
In addition to being a minister for the first time in the UPA-II government, Fernandes held many major posts in the government of Manchan Singh and in the party.
Being a AICC Secretary General in the UPA government was also a major career leap for him.
My deepest condolences to friends and family of Shri Oscar Fernandes on 🙏🏻🙏🏻 # Thrip # Omshanthi-Rajeev Chandrasekhar 🇮🇳 (@rajeev_goi) 1631525176000Fernandes, born on March 27, 1941, in the district of Udupi, is one of 12 children born from his parents Roque Fernandes and Limissa M Fernandes.
Married to Blossom Fernandes, he has two children – a son and a daughter.
He studied at Cecilia’s Convent, MGM College in Udupi and graduated in art.
Veteran Congress Oscar Fernandes Died
