Former Madhya Pradesh CM Sunderlal Patwa dies at 92

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and veteran BJP leader Sunderlal Patwa died at a private hospital in Bhopal on Wednesday after suffering heart attack. He was 92.

Sunderlal Patwa was appointed as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for two months in the year 1980 as member of Janata Party and again from 1990 to 1992 as leader of Bharatiya Janta Party.

Patwa was first elected to Lok Sabha in Chhindwara in 1997 by defeating Congress strongman Kamal Nath in his home turf.

He served as a Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cabinet from October 1999 to September 2001.