Bidar, KARNATAKA :

Former Bidar MLA Syed Zulfiqar Hashmi passed away due to kidney failure in the early hours of Tuesday at a Hospital in Hyderabad. He is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.

Syed Zulfiqar Hashmi was elected to the Vidhana Sabha from the Bidar constituency in 1994 on the Bahujan Samaj Party ticket. Hashmi was the first BSP MLA from South India.

Hashmi had been undergoing dialysis for the past four months and was admitted to Asara Hospital in Hyderabad two days ago due to deteriorating health.

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