{"id":325494,"date":"2020-08-16T16:29:14","date_gmt":"2020-08-16T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=325494"},"modified":"2020-08-16T16:48:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-16T16:48:30","slug":"up-minister-and-former-cricketer-chetan-chauhan-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/up-minister-and-former-cricketer-chetan-chauhan-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"UP Minister and former cricketer Chetan Chauhan passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/up-minister-and-former-cricketer-chetan-chauhan-passes-away\/chetan-chauhan\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-325495\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-325495 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/chetan-chauhan-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/chetan-chauhan-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/chetan-chauhan-440x420.jpg 440w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/chetan-chauhan.jpg 690w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a>Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister and former Indian cricketer Chetan Chauhan died on Sunday at the age of 73 from COVID-19. He was kept on a ventilator for nearly 36 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Chauhan was currently serving as the Minister of Sainik Welfare, Home Guards and Civil Security in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet. He is survived by his wife and son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Chauhan was admitted to Sanjay Gandhi PGI hospital in Lucknow on July 12 after being tested positive for COVID-19. Later he was shifted to Medanta hospital in Gurgaon after his health deteriorated. On Friday he was put on ventilator support after multi-organ failure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">President Ram Nath Kovind expressed his condolences on the death of Chauhan, &#8220;Sad to hear that UP cabinet minister Shri Chetan Chauhan is no more. A cricketer par excellence, Shri Chauhan was a down to earth politician and an outstanding parliamentarian. Condolences to his family, friends and countless fans,&#8221; President said in a tweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">PM Modi also expressed his condolences on the demise of Chetan Chauhan, &#8220;Shri Chetan Chauhan Ji distinguished himself as a wonderful cricketer and later as a diligent political leader. He made effective contributions to public service and strengthening the BJP in UP. Anguished by his passing away. Condolences to his family and supporters. Om Shanti,&#8221; PM tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister and former Indian cricketer Chetan Chauhan died on Sunday at the age of 73 from COVID-19. He was kept on a ventilator for nearly 36 hours. Chauhan was currently serving as the Minister of Sainik Welfare, Home Guards and Civil Security in the Uttar Pradesh cabinet. He is survived by his [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":325495,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[13296,12750],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325494"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325494"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325494\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325497,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325494\/revisions\/325497"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/325495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}