Adityanath's father dies, UP CM says can't attend funeral due to lockdown

Bisht's last rites will take place in Haridwar in Uttarakhand on April 21, Media Advisor to the chief minister Mrityunjay Kumar said

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's father passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on Monday, PTI reported. Adityanath said he will not attend the funeral as he needed to be in the state to help manage the coronavirus outbrea.

"I had the ardent wish to get a glimpse of him at the final moment. However, following a sense of duty towards the state's 23 crore people during the coronavirus pandemic, I could not do so. For the success of the lockdown and the strategy to defeat the novel coronavirus pandemic, I will be