He was 76.
The two-time MP was taking part in the Rahul Gandhi-led march in Phillaur in Jalandhar where he fainted, said senior party leader Partap Singh Bajwa, who was also marching in the yatra.
He said Chaudhary was rushed to a hospital in Phagwara in an ambulance.
The yatra was halted following Chaudhary’s death and it is learnt that Gandhi has gone to the hospital.
Earlier in the morning, the yatra resumed from Ladhowal in Ludhiana as part of its Punjab leg.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann expressed grief over the death of the Congress MP.
“I am deeply saddened at the untimely death of Congress Member of Parliament from Jalandhar, Santokh Singh Chaudhary,” he said in a tweet in Punjabi.
Former Congress leader Amarinder Singh also condoled Chaudhary’s death.
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