Lalit Bhati: Difference between revisions

{{short description|Indian politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| children            = 3 sons Kaustubh Singh bhati Chakrpani Bhati Siddhartha Bhati

 

| death_date          = 4 November 2020

| death_place        = JLN Hospital, [[Ajmer]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]

| termend1            = 2003

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'''Lalit Bhati''' (1959 - 4 November 2020) was an [[Indian politician]] who served as a [[State minister]] in [[Government of Rajasthan|Rajasthan government]] and as a senior leader in the [[Indian National Congress]]. He was assigned the post of [[General Secretary]] in the State Congress Committee and was considered close to [[Chief Minister]] [[Ashok Gehlot]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=दिग्गज कांग्रेसी नेता एवं पूर्व मंत्री ललित भाटी की कोरोना से मौत, उनके निधन से सियासी हलके में शोक की लहर|url=https://m.jagran.com/rajasthan/jaipur-death-of-veteran-congress-leader-and-former-minister-lalit-bhati-from-corona-a-wave-of-mourning-in-political-light-with-his-death-21028258.html|access-date=2021-12-12|website=m.jagran.com|language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|author=Dev Ankur Wadhawan |date=5 November 2020 |title=Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot condole death of senior Congress leader due to coronavirus|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/ashok-gehlot-sachin-pilot-lalit-bhati-coronavirus-death-1738196-2020-11-05|access-date=2021-12-12|magazine=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

He was born in a [[List of Koli people|Koli]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=दिग्गज कांग्रेसी नेता एवं पूर्व मंत्री ललित भाटी की कोरोना से मौत, उनके निधन से सियासी हलके में शोक की लहर|url=https://m.jagran.com/rajasthan/jaipur-death-of-veteran-congress-leader-and-former-minister-lalit-bhati-from-corona-a-wave-of-mourning-in-political-light-with-his-death-21028258.html|access-date=2022-01-22|website=m.jagran.com|language=hi}}</ref> family in 1959. His father was Shankar Singh Bhati, a [[businessperson]] from [[Ajmer]] city in [[Rajasthan]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=अजमेर के कांग्रेस नेता और पूर्व मंत्री ललित भाटी का निधन|work=[[Dainik Bhaskar]]|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/local/rajasthan/ajmer/news/ajmer-congress-leader-and-former-minister-lalit-bhati-dies-127884632.html}}</ref>

Lalit Bhati died on 4 November 2020 due to problems related to [[COVID-19]]. He was admitted to the Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital in [[Ajmer]] on 4 November after he had difficulty breathing, and he died the following night.<ref>{{Cite web|title=पूर्व मंत्री ललित भाटी का कोरोना से निधन, सीएम गहलोत और पायलट ने जताया दुख|url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/rajasthan/story/ashok-gehlot-sachin-pilot-condole-death-of-senior-congress-leader-due-to-coronavirus-1157267-2020-11-05|access-date=2021-12-12|website=[[Aaj Tak|आज तक]]|language=hi}}</ref>