Former Gobichettipalayam DMK MLA GP Venkidu dies of COVID-19

Coimbatore: Former Gobichettipalayam DMK MLA GP Venkidu receiving treatment at the private hospital for COVID-19 died today.


Coimbatore: Former Gobichettipalayam DMK MLA GP Venkidu receiving treatment at the private hospital for COVID-19 died today.

Former Member of the Gobichettipalayam Assembly constituency of Erode district GP Venkidu (85) died today at a private hospital in Coimbatore due to coronavirus infection. He contested for the DMK and was a member of the Gobichettipalayam Assembly from 1996 to 2001.

GP Venkidu, who was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Coimbatore for COVID-19 disease succumbed to the dreaded virus today.

His demise has caused great grief among the party members and his family.

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