Bharatiya Janata Party MP Nandkumar Singh Chauhan in Medanta Hospital, Gurugram, while undergoing treatment for COVID-19. The 69-year-old Khandwa MP, who was suffering from COVID-19, was airlifted to Medanta Hospital last month in a serious condition, breathed his last late Monday night, the sources said.

He is survived by his wife, a son, and two daughters, a BJP spokesman said.

Remembering the six-time MP, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said, "Popular leader Nandu bhaiya has left us. The BJP has lost an ideal worker, an able-organiser, and a dedicated leader in him. It is a personal loss for me."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "Saddened by the demise of Lok Sabha MP from Khandwa, Nandkumar Singh Chauhan. He'll be remembered for his contributions to Parliamentary proceedings, organisational skills, and efforts to strengthen BJP across Madhya Pradesh. Condolences to his family."

His last rites will be performed at his ancestral place Shahpur in Burhanpur district on Wednesday, his son Harshvardhan Chauhan said. The leader started his political career in 1978 from the Shahpur Municipal Council and was later elected as a member of the Madhya Pradesh Assembly.

He was an MLA from 1985 to 1996. He was elected as the Lok Sabha member for the first time in 1996 and got re-elected in 1998, 1999, 2004, 2014, and 2019.