JMM senior chief and state Increased and Technical Training and City Improvement Minister Sudivya Kumar has died, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha stated on Sunday. He was 56.
Kumar, a legislator from Giridih, additionally held cost of essential ministries like Tourism, Arts & Tradition and Sports activities and Youth Affairs.
Kumar died of cardiac arrest, a JMM chief stated.
The JMM expressed shock and grief over the minister’s dying, describing his demise as an “irreparable loss” to the occasion, the federal government and Jharkhand.
“The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha household is surprised and heart-broken by the premature demise of Sudivya Kumar, a devoted comrade of JMM and a Minister in Jharkhand authorities,” the occasion stated in a submit on X.
The occasion additionally conveyed condolences to Kumar’s household and prayed for peace to the departed soul.
Kumar was first elected to the Jharkhand Meeting from Giridih in 2019.
He’s survived by two daughters and a son.
A detailed aide of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Kumar performed a key function in managing crises inside the JMM, together with throughout Soren’s arrest in 2024 in reference to an alleged land fraud and cash laundering case.
Kumar returned this week from Karnataka, the place he led a Jharkhand authorities delegation to discover methods to enhance tourism infrastructure administration within the state.
In the course of the go to, he met Karnataka Tourism Minister Ok J George and mentioned prospects of cooperation between the 2 states in tourism and forest administration.
The delegation additionally held detailed discussions on the potential for associating Jungle Lodges & Resorts as a data associate for higher operation and administration of tourism property and resorts at main vacationer locations in Jharkhand.
Kumar’s sudden demise has left the JMM and the Jharkhand authorities mourning the lack of a senior chief and minister.