NEW DELHI: Former Union minister
Raghunath Jha passed away at a Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital on Sunday night, reported news agency ANI.
He was 78.
His career included stints with several different political parties, including the
Socialist Party, Congress, Rashtriya
Janata Dal, and
Samajwadi Party.
In fact, he was one of the three chief ministerial candidates in Bihar after the 1990 assembly polls.
Ultimately,
Lalu Prasad succeeded in his bid to lead the state's first Janata Dal government.
(With inputs from agencies)