Pune, Mar 17 : Senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Dilip Gandhi passed away in a hospital in New Delhi on Wednesday, family sources said.

He was 69.

Gandhi had served as the Minister of State for Shipping in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led central government.

Recently, he was tested positive for coronavirus and was undergoing treatment for multiple ailments in the hospital, the sources said.

The BJP leader started his career as a corporator in the late 80s, and was three-time MP from Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.

He was denied a ticket in the 2019 general polls.(UNI)