Former Union minister Dilip Gandhi dies SECTIONS Last Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 10:33 AM IST Share Synopsis The BJP leader, who started his career as a corporator in late 80s, had won the Lok Sabha elections three times since 1999 from Ahmednagar in Maharashtra. BJP leader and former Union minister Dilip Gandhi died at a hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday, family sources said. He was 69. Gandhi had served as the Minister of State for Shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led central government. He recently tested positive for coronavirus and was undergoing treatment for multiple ailments, the sources said. The BJP leader, who started his career as a corporator in late 80s, had won the Lok Sabha elections three times since 1999 from Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.