Chhatrapur (Madhya Pradesh): Former Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Ramdayal Ahirwar died here on Sunday morning at around 10 am, his family members said, while adding that there was not even a hearse arranged by the party. Later in the night, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced state honours for the former minister.
Ramdayal Ahirwar was a big Dalit leader, who had a special influence on the politics of Bundelkhand. His kin said that he breathed his last following a long illness.
Ramdayal was a 6-time Member of the Legislative Assembly and also a two-time minister. His family alleged that the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led Madhya Pradesh government did not even provide an ambulance to carry his mortal remains.
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Ramdayal Ahirwar was the president of Nagar Panchayat Maharajpur and played a role in the organization of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He had a decent and amiable personality Ramdayal Ahirwar's sons and daughter-in-law accused the Madhya Pradesh BJP office-bearers and the government officials of being careless.
His son claimed that Ramdayal's body was to be taken to Maharajpur for burial, for which the family could not get a hearse or an ambulance from the administration. "We took his body in a private ambulance after paying Rs 2,200," his son claimed. Chhatarpur MLA Alok Chaturvedi and Deepti Pandey, a senior Congress leader in the Bundelkhand region, condemned the state government for their "inhuman behaviour."
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Later, Madhya Pradesh CM offered his condolences. He took to X, formerly known as Twitter, where he shared his condolence message to the family and to the party workers. He also said that the last rites will be carried out with state honours.
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भाजपा के वरिष्ठ नेता एवं पूर्व में प्रदेश सरकार में मंत्री रहे श्री रामदयाल अहिरवार जी के निधन के दुखद समाचार से मन व्यथित है।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) August 13, 2023 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
प्रदेश के विकास तथा जनकल्याण के अनेक कार्य उन्होंने किए। उनका अंतिम संस्कार राजकीय सम्मान से किया जाएगा।
मैं उन्हें श्रद्धा सुमन अर्पित करने पहुँचूँगा।…
">भाजपा के वरिष्ठ नेता एवं पूर्व में प्रदेश सरकार में मंत्री रहे श्री रामदयाल अहिरवार जी के निधन के दुखद समाचार से मन व्यथित है।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) August 13, 2023
प्रदेश के विकास तथा जनकल्याण के अनेक कार्य उन्होंने किए। उनका अंतिम संस्कार राजकीय सम्मान से किया जाएगा।
मैं उन्हें श्रद्धा सुमन अर्पित करने पहुँचूँगा।…भाजपा के वरिष्ठ नेता एवं पूर्व में प्रदेश सरकार में मंत्री रहे श्री रामदयाल अहिरवार जी के निधन के दुखद समाचार से मन व्यथित है।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) August 13, 2023
प्रदेश के विकास तथा जनकल्याण के अनेक कार्य उन्होंने किए। उनका अंतिम संस्कार राजकीय सम्मान से किया जाएगा।
मैं उन्हें श्रद्धा सुमन अर्पित करने पहुँचूँगा।…
"My heart is pained by the sad news of the demise of Shri Ramdayal Ahirwar, a senior BJP leader and former minister in the state government. He did many works for the development and public welfare of the state. His last rites will be performed with state honours. I will reach to pay my respects to him. My condolences to the bereaved family. May God give the departed soul a place at his holy feet. Om Shanti!" he posted in Hindi.
