Veteran Socialist leader Ram Iqbal Warsi dead, cremated with state honours
'Gandhi of Piro' Ram Iqbal Warsi passes away at Patna, cremated with state honours at Warsi village of Bhojpur district. ‘Gandhi of Piro’ Ram Iqbal Barsi (1922 – 10 October 2016) Photo courtesy of Gopal Rathi Veteran socialist leader and freedom fighter Ram Iqbal Warsi (राम इकबाल वारसी) died on Monday October 10, 2016 after a prolonged illness. He was 94. Warsi breathed his last at Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Science (IGIMS) in Patna at around 3.30 AM, his son Shiv jee Singh told PTI. Warsi was not keeping well for the past several days and had been admitted to IGIMS in Patna. News of his death made leaders, including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad Yadav and Bihar Assembly Speaker Vijay Kumar Choudhary, rush to the hospital. The socialist leader, a native of Warsi village in Tarari block of Bihars Bhojpur district, was Sanghata Socialist Party (Samyukta Socialist Party) MLA from Piro from 1969-72. T...