BJP leader Digambar Singh dies

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Jaipur: BJP leader and vice chairman of Rajasthan's programme implementation committee Digambar Singh died here today after battling cancer.

The 66-year-old Singh was being treated for cancer at a private hospital here, hospital authorities said. Singh, a former state health minister, was a two-time MLA from Deeg-Kumher Assembly constituency in Bharatpur.

He was appointed as the vice chairman of the 20-point programme in June 2015 and was given the status of a cabinet rank minister.