Anand Singh Bisht, the father of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, passed away at 10:44 AM on Monday at the All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in Delhi. He was 89 years of age.
Mr. Bisht had been admitted to the hospital on March 13 on account of deteriorating health. He had been suffering mainly from abdominal discomforts and complications in his liver and kidney. In addition, reports corroborated that the UP Chief Minister's father was affected with dehydration, low blood pressure, and gangrene in the legs due to age-related illnesses.
The doctors were keeping a regular tab on his health. However, Mr. Bisht, who had been placed on a ventilator, passed away today morning.
“CM Yogi Adityanath's father left for his heavenly abode at 10.44 am. Our deepest condolences,” UP Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish K Awasthi said on this day.
Yogi Adityanath's father Anand Singh Bisht lived in the Panchur village of Yameshwar in Uttarakhand. He had retired from the post of a Forest Ranger in Uttarakhand in 1991 and had been living in the village ever since.
An official said CM Adityanath was chairing a COVID-19 meeting when he was informed of his father’s demise.
