New Delhi:
Senior BJP leader and
Rajya Sabha member Pyarelal Khandelwal passed away at the All India Institute
of Medical Science (AIIMS) on Tuesday. He was 84. Khandelwal was suffering from
cancer. Vice President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, Leader
of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani and BJP president Rajnath Singh
paid homage to the departed leader at the party headquarters. The body will be
flown to Bhopal where the last rites will be performed in the evening. Born on
April 6, 1929, Khandelwal was at present serving his second term in the Upper
House.
