Jharkhand higher education minister Sudivya Kumar Sonu dies of cardiac arrest

JMM senior leader and state Higher and Technical Education and Urban Development Minister Sudivya Kumar has died, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha said on Sunday (September 6, 2026).

Mr. Kumar, a legislator from Giridih, also held charge of crucial Ministries like Tourism, Arts & Culture and Sports and Youth Affairs.

Mr. Kumar died of cardiac arrest, a JMM leader said.

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.