Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday condoled the death of the minister of state for revenue and flood control Vijay Kashyap, who succumbed to COVID-19 on Tuesday. Kashyap is the third UP minister who died of COVID-19.The Cabinet meeting presided over by chief minister Yogi Adityanath passed a resolution condoling the death of Kashyap, a government spokesman said.The 56-year-old Kashyap succumbed to COVID-19 at a Gurgaon hospital on Tuesday night. He was an MLA from Muzaffarnagar’s Charthawal Assembly seat.The Cabinet prayed for peace for the departed soul and extended condolence to the bereaved family, the spokesman said.Kashyap was on Wednesday cremated with state honours at his native town Nanota in Saharanpur district.Last year, Uttar Pradesh ministers Kamal Rani Varun and Chetan Chauhan had died after contracting the virus.