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| name = Ashok Gasti<br />
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| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| term_start1 = 26 June 2020<br />
| term_end1 = 17 September 2020<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Prabhakar Kore]]<br />
| successor1 = [[K. Narayan]]<br />
| constituency1 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth year|1965}}<br />
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| death_date = {{Death date and given age|2020|9|17|55|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />
| education = [[Bachelor of Laws|LL.B.]]<br />
| spouse = <br />
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'''Ashok Gasti''' (1965 – 17 September 2020) was an Indian politician and a lawyer from [[Raichur]], [[Karnataka]]. He was a Member of Parliament who represented [[Karnataka]] in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Indian Parliament, for less than 3 months until his death in 2020. He previously served as the former general secretary of the [[Bharatiya Janta Party|BJP]]'s [[Other Backward Class|OBC]] Cell and<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/bjp-eranna-kadadi-ashok-gasti-candidates-rajya-sabha-polls-1686795-2020-06-08|title=BJP fields Eranna Kadadi, Ashok Gasti as candidates for Rajya Sabha polls|date=8 June 2020}}</ref> served as the chairman of the State Backward Class Development Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/rajya-sabha-elections-bjp-names-eranna-kadadi-and-ashok-gasti-as-party-candidates-from-karnataka/articleshow/76258525.cms|title=Karnataka Rajya Sabha Seats: BJP names Eranna Kadadi and Ashok Gasti as party candidates from Karnataka &#124; Bengaluru News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref><br />
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==Political life==<br />
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He was a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] and the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]. He belonged to the Savita Samaj. He also served as party in charge for [[Bellary district]], [[Koppal district]] and [[Raichur district]].<br />
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His nomination along with [[Eranna Kadadi]] to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 2020 came as a surprise from the national leadership of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] as they were never in the limelight. The BJP later said that the party believed in appreciating grass root level workers, hence rewarded them with this opportunity.<ref>https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/politics/1085297-2-bjp-leaders-file-nominations-for-rajya-sabha-elections-from-karnataka-yediyurappa</ref> Gasti had been associated with the BJP from his student days through the [[Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] (ABVP) and later became involved in the organisational work for the BJP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/ashok-gasti-eranna-kadadi-are-bjps-picks-for-rajya-sabha/articleshow/76272134.cms|title=Ashok Gasti, Eranna Kadadi are BJP's picks for Rajya Sabha|website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref> In 1989 he was made the president of [[Raichur]] District Yuva Morcha.<br />
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==Death==<br />
Gasti tested positive for [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]] in September 2020. He was hospitalized at Manipal Hospital and, by 17 September, he was in critical condition with severe pneumonia and multi-organ failure. That same day, senior government officials took to social media to express their condolences for Gasti's death, but the hospital denied this and said the lawmaker remained in critical condition.<ref>[https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjps-ashok-gasti-first-time-rajya-sabha-member-from-karnataka-critically-ill-2296977 BJP's Ashok Gasti, 1st-Time Rajya Sabha Member, Critically Ill, Says Hospital]</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/breaking-bjp-leader-and-newly-elected-rajya-sabha-mp-ashok-gasti-dies-was-being-treated-for-covid-19-in-bengaluru/story-c5xYaO9EqHGNg02OhxNVGM.html|title = Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Gasti remains in critical condition: Hospital|work = [[Hindustan Times]]|date = 17 September 2020|accessdate = 17 September 2020}}</ref> Hours later, the hospital confirmed that Gasti had died at 10:31&nbsp;p.m. He was 55 years old.<ref>[https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bjps-ashok-gasti-first-time-rajya-sabha-member-from-karnataka-dies-due-to-covid-19-2296977 BJP's Ashok Gasti, 1st-Time Rajya Sabha Member, Dies Due To COVID-19]</ref><br />
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