ANI reported.The minister has been tested positive for COVID-19 last week and was going under treatment in Paras hospital where he succumbed to the infection.
He passed away at 4 am today.Bihar: Mewalal Choudhary, JDU MLA and former minister, passes away due to #COVID19 at a hospital in Patna. (File photo) pic.twitter.com/sQFFyBHU0XChaudhary, who was the sitting Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Bihar's Tarapur constituency and was removed as the state Education minister on corruption charges.Meanwhile, the Bihar government on Sunday has imposed night curfew in the state.
The state government has also decided that schools, colleges and other educational institutions in Bihar will remain shut till May 15.