Bangalore: Rajya Sabha MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Karnataka leader Ashok Gasti passed away in Bengaluru on Thursday. He was admitted to Manipal Hospital on September 2 after he tested positive for coronavirus (Covid-19).
The BJP leader had taken oath as a Rajya Sabha MP on July 22 this year.
He joined BJP when he was 18-years-old and headed the Yuva Morcha of Karnataka BJP as its president. He also served as the chairman of Karnataka Backward Classes commission in 2012.
A lawyer by profession, Gasti is credited for organizing the BJP in Raichur district of Karnataka. He was a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and an activist of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).