BJP leader Sonali Phogat dies of heart attack in Goa
23-Aug-2022
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Chandigarh, Aug 23 (PTI) BJP leader from Haryana's Hisar and actor Sonali Phogat died of a heart attack in Goa, party leaders said on Tuesday.
"She has passed away. I have been given information that she was in Goa," Haryana BJP chief O P Dhankar told PTI.
It was not immediately clear as to when she died.
A former TikTok star, Phogat had joined the BJP in 2019.
Capt Bhupender, district president of the Hisar BJP said, "Sonali ji was in Goa. I spoke to her assistant and he said that she died of a heart attack".
Phogat had unsuccessfully contested the last assembly election from Adampur Assembly constituency against Kuldeep Bishnoi.
Bishnoi, who was then in Congress, recently joined the BJP.
