BJP legislator from Nepa Nagar Rajendra alias Dadu was killed in a road accident while coming to Bhopal from Indore. He was scheduled to participate in the meeting of BJP legislators at the Chief Minister's residence at 7:30 pm.
He was 54. The accident took place near Ashta in neighbouring Sehore district. A graduate in Agriculture engineering, he represented the Nepa Nagar constituency for two terms.
Soon after the accident, the legislator was brought to Chirayu hospital in Bhopal. There were three others in the car and they were admitted to the hospital in serious condition.
The meeting at the Chief Minister's residence was fixed to train the party legislators as how to cast their votes in the Rajya Sabha polling scheduled on June 11.