Former Union minister Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi passes away

Former Union minister Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi on Sunday died at a private hospital in Kota after protracted illness, Pradesh Congress sources said.

He was about 85.

Chaturvedi, who was Minister of State in the PMO during Narsimha Rao's tenure, was unmarried, Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary Pankaj Mehta told PTI over phone from Kota.

He breathed his last around 6:30 pm at Kota Heart Hospital. Earlier in February, he was rushed to a private heart hospital in Gurgaon from where he was referred back to Kota, Mehta said.

Chaturvedi's funeral will take place on March 3.