Rajasthan BJP MLA and former Minister Jaswant Yadav died on Sunday morning after a prolonged battle with cancer at the age of 73.
The incident was announced by his son, Mohit Yadav, who said the 73-year-old died at 8: 15 am.
"It is with deep sadness that I have to inform that my revered father, Dr. Jaswant Yadav ji, the current MLA of Behror, former Cabinet Minister of the Rajasthan Government and former MP of Alwar, is no more among us," he wrote.
His last rites will be conducted at his native Silpata village in Alwar at 3 pm on Monday. The former Minister’s death is being mourned by Behror and the Alwar district and his family.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma expressed his condolences over Jaswant Yadav's death.
"The news of the passing of Behror MLA Dr Jaswant Yadav is extremely saddening. In this hour of grief, my deepest condolences are with the bereaved family and supporters. May God grant the departed soul a place in His feet and give the bereaved family and supporters the strength to bear this immense loss. Om Shanti!" he wrote on X.
Yadav was a four-time MLA and represented Alwar in the Lok Sabha. He also served as a minister in the Vasundhara Raje-led state government from 2016 to 2018.
A by-election to the Behror assembly constituency will now have to be held in six months as the strengh of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly has fallen to 199.
