Guwahati News Desk: After battling a prolonged illness, Janata Dal (United) Rajya Sabha MP Mahendra Prasad, breathed his last on Monday.
According to sources, the 81-year-old Prasad was undergoing treatment in Apollo Hospital in Delhi.
Prasad, who is also popularly known as ‘King Mahendra’ is not only one of the Pharma tycoons of the country, but is also a seven-time parliamentarian from Bihar, and one of the longest-serving MP of Rajya Sabha.
On receiving the news of Prasad passing away, the Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar expressed his deepest condolences.
Regarding Prasad’s political jouney, he contested and won his first Lok Sabha election in 1980 from Jehanabad Constituency in Bihar from Congress` ticket. However, he lost the 1984 general elections but was soon nominated for the Rajya Sabha by the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1985, and since then, Prasad has always been a member of the Rajya Sabha till date.
Moreover, other than Congress and JD (U), Prasad has been nominated in Rajya Sabha by Janta Dal and Rashtriya Janata Dal.
