Jaipur: Veteran BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi today passed away after a protracted illness at a private hospital here, a party spokesman said. He was 84.

Chaturvedi breathed his last around 3 am at the private hospital where he was shifted recently, the spokesman said. Chaturvedi, a strong RSS man, was the PWD and Medical and Health Minister during the BS Shekhawat (former vice president) government. During Vasundhara Raje's first term, he was nominated to Rajya Sabha representing Rajasthan.