<p>Veteran Congress leader and former Sultanpur MP Raj Karan Singh has died, a party leader said on Sunday. He was 90.</p>.<p>Anil Singh, the Congress' district unit spokesperson, said Raj Karan Singh, a close aide of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, died late on Saturday night at his native Nevada village in the Musafirkhana area of Amethi district.</p>.<p>He was an MP from Sultanpur from 1984 to 1989.</p>.<p>Singh added that the former MP was "like a mentor to all of us" and his death is a great loss to the party.</p>.<p>The Samajwadi Party's Gauriganj MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh, BJP leader Tejbhan Singh and the Congress' former district unit chief Yogendra Mishra expressed their sorrow at the former MP's passing.</p>.<p>Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress general secretary and the party's Uttar Pradesh in-charge, said, "Received the sad news of the demise of Raj Karan Singh, former MP from Sultanpur and an associate of Rajiv Gandhi."</p>.<p>"Raj Karan Singh ji did selfless public service in the Amethi-Sultanpur area. May God give him a place at the holy feet and courage to the family members to bear the pain in this hour of grief. Humble tribute," she said in a tweet in Hindi.</p>
<p>Veteran Congress leader and former Sultanpur MP Raj Karan Singh has died, a party leader said on Sunday. He was 90.</p>.<p>Anil Singh, the Congress' district unit spokesperson, said Raj Karan Singh, a close aide of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, died late on Saturday night at his native Nevada village in the Musafirkhana area of Amethi district.</p>.<p>He was an MP from Sultanpur from 1984 to 1989.</p>.<p>Singh added that the former MP was "like a mentor to all of us" and his death is a great loss to the party.</p>.<p>The Samajwadi Party's Gauriganj MLA Rakesh Pratap Singh, BJP leader Tejbhan Singh and the Congress' former district unit chief Yogendra Mishra expressed their sorrow at the former MP's passing.</p>.<p>Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress general secretary and the party's Uttar Pradesh in-charge, said, "Received the sad news of the demise of Raj Karan Singh, former MP from Sultanpur and an associate of Rajiv Gandhi."</p>.<p>"Raj Karan Singh ji did selfless public service in the Amethi-Sultanpur area. May God give him a place at the holy feet and courage to the family members to bear the pain in this hour of grief. Humble tribute," she said in a tweet in Hindi.</p>