<p>Bihar's Panchayati Raj minister Kapil Deo Kamat succumbed to Covid-19 early on Friday at AIIMS, Patna, family sources said. He was 70.</p>.<p>Kamat is survived by two sons and four daughters. His wife died a few months ago.</p>.<p>"Kapil Deo Kamat died of Covid-19 at 1:50 am (Friday) here at AIIMS, Patna. He was suffering from kidney failure and had been on ventilator over the past few days," Dr Sanjeev Kumar, the Covid-19 nodal officer of AIIMS-Patna, told PTI.</p>.<p>The JD(U) MLA from Babubarhi assembly constituency was admitted to the hospital on October 1 after he tested positive for the disease.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-Covid-19-vaccine-bengaluru-karnataka-mumbai-maharashtra-chennai-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-uttar-pradesh-west-bengal-kolkata-cases-deaths-recoveries-health-ministry-Oxford-902560.html">For latest updates on Coronavirus outbreak, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>Condoling the death of the Panchayati raj minister, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Kamat will be cremated with full state honours.</p>.<p>"He was an efficient administrator and a popular leader. I am personally saddened by Kamat's untimely demise. His death has caused an irreparable loss to the field of politics," Kumar said.</p>.<p>Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi and several other leaders also mourned Kamat's demise.</p>.<p>Modi termed his death as "unfortunate", and said Kamat always sympathised with the poor.</p>.<p>Notably, the JD(U) has fielded Kamat's daughter-in-law Meena from Babubarhi this time, as he was not keeping well.</p>.<p>Babubarhi is set to go to polls during the third phase of Bihar elections, on November 7.</p>.<p>Kamat is the second minister in Nitish Kumar's cabinet to succumb to the infection this week.</p>.<p>Minister of backward classes and extremely backward class welfare Vinod Singh died in Delhi on October 12 due to post-Covid complications. </p>
<p>Bihar's Panchayati Raj minister Kapil Deo Kamat succumbed to Covid-19 early on Friday at AIIMS, Patna, family sources said. He was 70.</p>.<p>Kamat is survived by two sons and four daughters. His wife died a few months ago.</p>.<p>"Kapil Deo Kamat died of Covid-19 at 1:50 am (Friday) here at AIIMS, Patna. He was suffering from kidney failure and had been on ventilator over the past few days," Dr Sanjeev Kumar, the Covid-19 nodal officer of AIIMS-Patna, told PTI.</p>.<p>The JD(U) MLA from Babubarhi assembly constituency was admitted to the hospital on October 1 after he tested positive for the disease.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-world-Covid-19-vaccine-bengaluru-karnataka-mumbai-maharashtra-chennai-tamil-nadu-delhi-kerala-uttar-pradesh-west-bengal-kolkata-cases-deaths-recoveries-health-ministry-Oxford-902560.html">For latest updates on Coronavirus outbreak, click here</a></strong></p>.<p>Condoling the death of the Panchayati raj minister, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said Kamat will be cremated with full state honours.</p>.<p>"He was an efficient administrator and a popular leader. I am personally saddened by Kamat's untimely demise. His death has caused an irreparable loss to the field of politics," Kumar said.</p>.<p>Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi and several other leaders also mourned Kamat's demise.</p>.<p>Modi termed his death as "unfortunate", and said Kamat always sympathised with the poor.</p>.<p>Notably, the JD(U) has fielded Kamat's daughter-in-law Meena from Babubarhi this time, as he was not keeping well.</p>.<p>Babubarhi is set to go to polls during the third phase of Bihar elections, on November 7.</p>.<p>Kamat is the second minister in Nitish Kumar's cabinet to succumb to the infection this week.</p>.<p>Minister of backward classes and extremely backward class welfare Vinod Singh died in Delhi on October 12 due to post-Covid complications. </p>