Madhya Pradesh Assembly Deputy Speaker and senior Congress leader Harvansh Singh died in the wee hours of Tuesday following a cardiac arrest.
Singh, 65, is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter.
The Deputy Speaker, also a former Minister, suffered heart attack at his house in his ancestor village Barra of Seoni district, from where he was rushed to Chapara, his family said.
A doctor after examining his condition referred him to Seoni District Hospital where all efforts to stabilise his condition proved futile. Civil Surgeon Dr Satya Narayan Soni later declared him dead, they said.
Singh has handled many portfolios in the State over the last decade as a reputed Congress leader in Madhya Pradesh.
He had a long career in politics, initially as a 0resident of Seoni district Youth Congress Committee in 1971, vice-president MP State Handloom in 1983-86, and chairman in 1986-88. In 1993 Singh was first elected as member of Madhya Pradesh State legislative Assembly from Keolari constituency. He was also a Cabinet Minister during the Digvijay Singh Government in the State.