Senior BJP leader and Lok Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh Dileep Singh Bhuria, one of the prominent tribal faces of the saffron party, passed away after a brief illness at a hospital in Gurgaon on Wednesday.
He was 71 and is survived by wife, two sons and four daughters.
Mr. Bhuria suffered a heart attack around a fortnight ago during a programme in his Parliamentary constituency Ratlam-Jhabua. He was initially admitted to a private hospital in Indore and later shifted to super speciality Medanta Hospital in Gurgaon, family sources said.
The veteran politician, who turned 71 last week, was put on a ventilator after his condition deteriorated four days ago and this morning he suffered brain haemorrhage following which he died, they said.
Mr. Bhuria started his political career with the Congress and first made it to Parliament from Jhabua, a tribal-dominated district in Madhya Pradesh which he made his pocket-borough in 1980 when Indira Gandhi swept back to power at the Centre. - PTI
