Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday expressed grief over the demise of Lok Janshakti Party MP from Bihar's Samastipur, Ramchandra Paswan.
He was 57 and the younger brother of Union minister and LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan.
The chief minister said, Ramchandra Paswan was an able politician and a renowned social activist.
Terming Paswan as a "mild mannered and sociable person who was very popular in his constituency", Kumar said, his death is an irreparable loss not only to society but to state politics as well.
The chief minister also announced that Ramchandra Paswan will be cremated with full state honours, an official release said.
Paswan who was admitted to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in New Delhi last week after suffering a heart attack, died at 1.24 pm on Sunday.
Former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, Bihar Minister Shyam Rajak and Bihar state RJD president Ram Chandra Purbey also condoled the death of the Samastipur MP.
Bihar state RJD president Ram Chandra Purbey said that Ramchandra Paswan used to work tirelessly for the Dalits.
His death has left a void in state politics as well, Purbey said.
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