Senior BJP leader and Rajya Sabha member Pyarelal Khandelwal died here on Tuesday following a cardiac arrest at AIIMS. Khandelwal, 84, was suffering from cancer and age-related ailments.

He was shifted to AIIMS from Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital five days back, party sources said. He was in the news recently when he wrote a letter to party President Rajnath Singh criticising the expulsion of Jaswant Singh from the party for praising Pakistan founder MA Jinnah in his book. He had said in the letter that had Atal Bihari Vajpayee been active in politics this development would not have taken place.