BHOPAL : Eminent contractor and veteran social worker Bhaiyalal Shukla was cremated today. Bhaiyalal Shukla, the father of energy, mineral resources and public relations minister Rajendra Shukla, died at Rewa on Saturday. He was cremated at village Hariharpur in Rewa district today. His eldest son Vinod Shukla lit the funeral pyre. PR minister Shukla paid tribute by laying a wreath on the body.
Rewa MP Janardan Mishra, Satna MP Ganesh Singh, MLAs Ramakant Tiwari, Girish Gautam, Harsh Singh, Divyaraj Singh, Sanjay Pathak, Abhay Mahajan of Deendayal Research Institute, Rewa Mayor Mamta Gupta, Satna Mayor Mamta Pandey and member of Backward Classes Commission Laxmi Yadav, former MLAs, former mayors and senior leaders of various political parties attended the funeral.
State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has expressed deep grief on the demise of Bhaiyalal Shukla. The party’s senior leader and Union Minister Sushma Swaraj, former CM Sunderlal Patwa, Kailash Joshi, senior leader Kailash Narayan Sarang, have expressed angst on death of Bhaiyalal Shukla.