Senior BJP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Chauhan on Saturday died in a road accident at Shahjahanpur in Rajasthan.
JAIPUR: Senior BJP leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sahib Singh Verma on Saturday died in a road accident in Alwar district of Rajasthan, nearly 165 kms from here.
Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) PC Nyola said the mishap took place at around 2.30 pm when the car in which Verma was travelling in collided with a mini-truck near Khandura 'mode'.
The 64-year-old Verma, along with three others, was immediately rushed to the Shahjahanpur Government Hospital where the former Delhi CM, his driver and another person travelling in the same car were declared brought dead, the Addl SP said.
His security personnel sustained serious injuries and currently undergoing treatment at the hospital, police said.
The driver of the truck was also injured and has been admitted to a local hospital.
Sources said Verma was returning to Delhi from Neem ka Thana in Sikar district when the mishap took place.
Verma is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters.
Born on March 15, 1943, in Delhi's Mundka village, the former teacher rose from the ranks of a councillor in the Metropolitan Council of Delhi in 1977 to become the Union Labour Minister in 2002.
His stint as the Chief Minister of Delhi was marked by his running feud with arch-rival in Delhi politics Madan Lal Khurana.
The Jat leader had replaced Khurana as Chief Minister in 1996. His tenure was marked by skyrocketing onion prices and water and power crises and he was replaced by Sushma Swaraj in October, 1998. Verma was accommodated in the Union Cabinet.
The Member of Parliament from Outer Delhi Lok Sabha constituency was given charge of the labour ministry.
Described by some senior bureaucrats as the 'bull in the China shop', Verma openly reprimanded them for expressing reservations about his decision to stick to the 9.5 per cent interest rate for EPF contributions.
Verma began his political career as a RSS Pracharak and was made the Delhi Education and Development Minister in 1993.
He had a doctorate in library sciences and was much respected among the teaching community.
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