Former Union Minister and a Congress stalwart in Himachal Pradesh politics Pandit Sukh Ram has passed away, his grandson Aashray Sharma confirmed the death on a social media platform.
Aashray Sharma wrote on Twitter, “End of an Era, goodbye grandfather. Now phone’s bell shall never ring”. Mr. Sukh Ram was credited with leading a telecom revolution in the country when he was Minister of Communications and Information Technology from 1993 to 1996.
Sukh Ram, 94, was under treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, where he was admitted on May 7.