Giriraj Kishore, veteran VHP leader, passes away at 94

 

New Delhi, 13 Jul 2014 (PTI): Senior Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Giriraj Kishore, who was actively associated with the Ram temple agitation, died here on Sunday evening following prolonged illness. He was 94.

 

"He was ailing for some time now. He died peacefully at the VHP headquarters in R K Puram at 9.15pm," VHP Delhi unit spokesperson Vinod Bansal said.

 

Giriraj had joined the RSS at an early age and was one of its seniormost ’pracharaks’.

 

The Sangh had sent him to VHP. A bachelor, Giriraj Kishore, was wheelchair-bound for the last several years. He had recently pledged to donate his body for social cause.