Thirty-seven days after she was injured in a road accident, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Santosh Koli, who was to contest the Delhi Assembly polls, died in a Gurgaon hospital. She was 28.



The news was first broken by party's founder Arvind Kejriwal on Twitter: "Santosh passes away. May her soul rest in peace."





Santosh Koli (right) with Arvind Kejriwal Santosh Koli (right) with Arvind Kejriwal

Santosh Koli addressing a public rally. Santosh Koli addressing a public rally.

Santosh, who was from poor family in north-east Delhi, was associated with Kerjriwal, an anti-corruption activist, since 2002."We all resolve that we will not let her sacrifice go in vain. We have to take her struggle forward," he said in another tweet.The party had given Koli the ticket to fight the polls from Seemapuri constituency. Then came the fatal accident on June 30.Santosh was riding to the party office with fellow party member Kuldeep when a car rammed the two-wheeler from the back near Pacific Mall in Kaushambi in Ghaziabad and sped away.Santosh sustained severe brain injuries in the accident.The impact of the collision was such that the motorcycle caught fire and was gutted.Soon after the accident, AAP members said Santosh was being call threatened on the phone against contesting polls and hinted a conspiracy behind the accident.AAP leader Manish Sisodia had said they could not rule out a planned attack. A case was registered at Link Road police station.According to a news report, Koli had earlier been attacked twice - once with blades and surgical knives.She was earlier part of Kejriwal's NGO and was a popular leader who could mobilise crowds for AAP's street protests.During his hunger strike against "inflated" power bills in New Delhi, Kejriwal had stayed at Koli's house in Sundar Nagri. Koli's father works at a garment factory.