Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan, BJP MP from Madhya Pradesh’s Khandwa constituency, died last night after testing positive for COVID-19. He passed away at Medanta Hospital in Delhi-NCR where is was undergoing treatment. 

The minister was airlifted to the Delhi hospital from Bhopal last month after his condition deteriorated. Following this, prayers were conducted across the district for Chauhan’s wellbeing.

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Chauhan won the Lok Sabha elections of 2014 against Arun Subhashchandra Yadav, who was the present MP at that time.

Following his demise, PM Narendra Modi took to Twitter to extend his condolences.

“Saddened by the demise of Lok Sabha MP from Khandwa, Nandkumar Singh Chauhan. He’ll be remembered for his contributions to Parliamentary proceedings, organisational skills & efforts to strengthen BJP across Madhya Pradesh. Condolences to his family,” he wrote.