Ahmedabad corporator and a senior Congress leader Badruddin Shaikh died on Sunday night, succumbing to the dreaded coronavirus.
The 68 - year - old Congressman was considered to be a senior and stalwart politician in the Gujarat Congress unit.
He was hospitalized a week ago after his condition deteriorated during home quarantine.
Shaikh's coronavirus infection results tested positive, a day after the positive test results of a Congress MLA Imran Khedawala.
He was a senior corporator, representing the Behrampura ward in Amdavad Municipal Corporation and had also been the spokesperson of Gujarat Congress.
Congress's national spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil posted a condolence message on his Twitter account, expressing his grief.
"I am at loss of words.
Badrubhai, as we called him was a stellar of strength and patience.
A senior leader of our Gujarat family, I knew him since 40 years when he was with Youth Congress.