Former Minister and senior Congress leader Mahendra Singh Kalukheda passed away at Medanta hospital on Monday. The last rites would be performed in his home village Kalukheda in Jaora (Ratlam district) on Wednesday.
Kalukheda, representing Mungawali constituency of Ashoknagar district, in Madhya Pradesh assembly, was sick for quite some time and was admitted in Medanta hospital of Gurugram. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and senior Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia had visited him to enquire about his health.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Scindia and leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly Ajay Singh have expressed profound grief over his demise.