Father of CM Yogi Adityanath passed away

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's father, Anand Singh Bisht, passed away in Delhi on Monday morning. He was 89.

State Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awnish Awasthi confirmed that Bisht breathed his last at 1044 hrs.

Bisht, undergoing treatment in the National Capital's AIIMS since March 15, was critical and put on ventilator.

On Sunday night senior BJP leaders, including party president J P Nadda and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, had visited AIIMS to enquire about his health.