E Ahamed, MP, dies after heart attack

Senior Kerala MP, E. Ahamed, died in New Delhi early today following a heart attack. He was 78. Ahamed was taken to the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital yesterday after he fell unconscious in Parliament’s Central Hall during President Pranab Mukherjee’s address. Ahamed was a former minister of state for foreign affairs in Manmohan Singh’s government and an Indian Union Muslim League MP from Kerala. He was elected as MP seven times.