Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan paid tributes to MlA late Rajendra Singh Dadu by placing a wreath on his body at village Kanhapur in Burhanpur district on Friday. The Chief Minister consoled bereaved family of late Dadu.
The Chief Minister and MP Nand Kumar Singh also shouldered funeral pyre of late Dadu in his funeral procession. Food and Civil Supplies Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah, MlAs Archana Chitnis and Devendra Verma, Mayor Anil Bhonsale, Khandwa District BJP President Harish Kotwale, Burhanpur District BJP President Vijay Gupta, other public representatives, officers of police and administration and large number of people were also present on the occasion.
Earlier, local people also laid wreaths on the body of late Dadu.
Nepanagar MlA Rajendra Dadu died in a road accident on way to Bhopal on Thursday night.
His last rites were performed with full honours at his native village Kanhapur on Friday.
Meanwhile, Governor Ram Naresh Yadav has expressed profound grief over the death of Nepanagar MlA Rajendra Singh Dadu in a road accident.
He has wished early recovery to those injured in the accident.
The Governor said that MlA Dadu's untimely death has caused an irreparable loss. The Governor has prayed to Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss.
Governor Yadav has cancelled his Pachmarhi visit immediately on receipt of the sad news of Dadu's death.
Senior BJP leaders have also condoled the demise of the party's Nepanagar legislator Rajendra Dadu in a road mishap last night. According to an official statement of the BJP, senior leader and External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, former chief ministers Sunderlal Patwa and Kailash Joshi, senior leader Kailash Sarang, BJP Vice-President and State Organisation Incharge Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Union Ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Najma Heptulla, Thawarchand Gehlot, Prakash Javadekar and Uma Bharati, state BJP chief Nandkumar Singh Chouhan and other senior leaders mourned his demise and expressed profound condolences to the bereaved family.
State BJP President Nandkumar Singh Chouhan will carry the mortal remains to Khandwa in an air ambulance from where it would be conveyed via road to Burhanpur where the last rites would be performed at Kanapur village at 1600 hrs. The Chief Minister said Mr Dadu dedicated his life for the development of his region. He said his departure has created a void.