Former UP minister Malti Sharma dies at the age of 89 on Sunday

Former Uttar Pradesh minister and parliamentarian Malti Sharma died after a brief illness, according to her family.

She was 89.

Sharma, a BJP leader, died here Sunday night.

She was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly from Muzaffarnagar constituency in 1977. She was a former junior minister in Uttar Pradesh.

She was elected to Rajya Sabha in 1994.

(With inputs from agencies.)