JMM senior leader and state Higher and Technical Education and Urban Development Minister Sudivya Kumar has died, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha said on Sunday. He was 56.
Kumar died of cardiac arrest, a JMM leader said.
Kumar returned this week from Karnataka, where he led a Jharkhand government delegation to explore ways to improve tourism infrastructure management in the state. During the visit, he met Karnataka Tourism Minister K J George and discussed possibilities of cooperation between the two states in tourism and forest management. Kumar’s sudden demise has left the JMM and the Jharkhand government mourning the loss of a senior leader and minister.
A close aide of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, Kumar played a key role in managing crises within the JMM, including during Soren’s arrest in 2024 in connection with an alleged land fraud and money laundering case.
The JMM expressed shock and grief over the minister’s death, describing his demise as an “irreparable loss” to the party, the government and Jharkhand. “The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha family is stunned and heart-broken by the untimely demise of Sudivya Kumar, a dedicated comrade of JMM and a Minister in Jharkhand government,” the party said in a post on X.
