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Akhilesh Das Gupta, the president of Badminton Association of India, has died after a massive heart attack. He was 56.
A prominent politician, the former Mayor of Lucknow, was a prominent figure in Indian badminton.
The president of the Badminton Association of India and Congress leader Akhilesh Das Gupta died on Wednesday in New Delhi after suffering a cardiac arrest. The 56-year-old former Union minister was taken to Lari hospital in the Capital on Wednesday morning after having a heart attack.
Fifty-six-year-old Gupta, the son of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Banarasi Das Gupta, was a former national level badminton player. He was a three-time Rajya Sabha member and the minister of steel in the Manmohan Singh government between 2004 and 2009.
After former BAI chief VK Verma was arrested for corruption connected to the 2010 Commonwealth Games, Gupta took over as the president in 2012. In 2014, he was re-elected for a four-year term.
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