Senior Congress leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Subhash Yadav died on Wednesday morning at a hospital in New Delhi following prolonged illness. He was 67.
Yadav’s last rites will be conducted at his native village Borawan on the banks of Narmada, on Thursday.Yadav, who had been suffering from various ailments for some time, is survived by his wife, two sons and five daughters. His son, Arun Yadav is a lok Sabha
member from Khandwa and is also a former Union Minister of State. The veteran, who was also State Congress President for some time, was elected to the lok Sabha from Khargone constituency in 1980 and 1985. He was elected to the State Assembly from the Kasrawad constituency in Khargone district in 1993 and went on to become Deputy Chief Minister in Digvijay Singh’s Cabinet.
Yadav was also chairman of the State Cooperative Bank for almost 25 years. Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh with whom Yadav worked as Deputy CM said his death was a great loss to the party. Others who condoled the passing away of Yadav included State Congress president Kantilal Bhuria, leader of Opposition in the State Assembly, Ajay Singh and State Congress vice president Manak Agrawal.
Bhuria, Ajay Singh, Manak Agrawal and several senior State leaders are likely to attend the funeral on Thursday. Uttarakhand Governor Aziz Qureshi, who is considered close to the Yadav family, is also likely to attend the funeral.