Former Union law minister and Congress veteran Hansraj Bhardwaj died after a cardiac arrest at a hospital here on Sunday evening. He was 83.
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Bhardwaj breathed his last around 6.30 PN at Max Hospital, Saket, where he was admitted since Wednesday due to kidney-related ailments, his family told PTI.
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He was the law minister for 14 years and served under the Prime Ministership of Rajiv Gandhi, Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh. He was appointed the Governor of Karnataka in 2009.
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It was during Bhardwaj's tenure as law minister that Bofors-accused Ottavio Quattrocchi was given a clean chit by then UPA government in 2009.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP leader and law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury condoled Bhardwaj's death.
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