Lucknow, Aug. 6 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday paid her last respects to senior party leader and five-time MLA Uma Shankar Singh, who passed away a day earlier at the age of 55 after a prolonged battle with cancer.

Mayawati visited to offer floral tributes to the veteran legislator and met members of his family, expressing her condolences over his demise. Senior BSP leaders, party workers and supporters also gathered to pay homage to the leader, whose death has been described as a major loss for the party in eastern Uttar Pradesh.

Uma Shankar Singh was one of the Bahujan Samaj Party's most prominent faces in Purvanchal and represented the Rasra Assembly constituency in Ballia district. Over the years, he esta...