Former Union Minister Akhilesh Das Gupta passes away
Former Union Minister and Congress leader Akhilesh Das Gupta passed away on Wednesday following a heart attack. The 56-year-old leader was the son of freedom fighter and former Uttar Pradesh CM Babu Banarasi Das. A Rajya Sabha MP for 18 years from 1996 to 2014, he was the serving chief of the Badminton Association of India.