Senior journalist and former BJP MP Ashwini Chopra passed away at a private-hospital in Gurgaon on Saturday after a prolonged illness. He was 63. Chopra was suffering from 'terminal cancer' and had been admitted to the Medanta Hospital about three weeks ago. He passed away in the afternoon, sources said. The media baron-turned journalist was elected as an MP from Karnal, Haryana, in 2014.