Rashtriya Lok Dal chief Ajit Singh. File
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Ajit Singh, a computer engineer by training, was one of the first IITians to enter politics
Former Union Minister and chief of the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) Ajit Singh passed away on Thursday in a hospital in Gurugram of COVID-19 complications. He had been admitted to hospital on April 20 and passed away on Thursday morning, according to a statement put out by his son, former MP Jayant Chaudhary.
Mr. Ajit Singh, 82, a computer engineer by training, was one of the first IITians to enter politics, and became a Rajya Sabha member after his father, former Prime Minister Chaudhary Charan Singh, fell ill.