Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jyotiraditya Scindia's mother Madhavi Raje has passed away after a prolonged illness. Jyotiraditya Scindia's mother Madhavi Raje Scindia died Wednesday morning at All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi.
She died at 9.28 am and had been on ventilator in her last few days.
Madhavi Raje was undergoing treatment at the AIIMS for the last three months and suffered from pneumonia along with sepsis, the source said.
Madhavi Raje hailed from the royal family of Nepal and had married Madhavrao Scindia, who belonged to a royal Maratha family and was the son of the last ruling Maharaja of Gwalior, Jivajirao Scindia.
Madhavi Raje was the daughter of Army General of Madhesh Province of Nepal and a great-granddaughter of Prime Minister of Nepal and Maharaja of Kaski and Lamjung, Juddha Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, a patrilineal descendant of Sardar Ramakrishna Kunwar of Gorkha, as per information available on the internet.
Madhavi Raje and Madhavrao Scindia had two children, a daughter, Chitrangada Singh (born 1967) and son Jyotiraditya Scindia (born 1971).
“It is with profound sadness that we wish to inform that Rajmata (Madhavi Raje) is no more. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s mother and the Rajmata of the Gwalior royal family, Madhavi Raje was under treatment at AIIMS, Delhi over the last few months. Her condition was said to be critical over the past couple of months. She breathed her last at 9.28 am today. Om Shanti!” read an official statement from Scindia’s office.
BJP state president VD Sharma took to X to extend his condolences to the Union Minister. “I was saddened to learn that honourable Rajmata of Gwalior, Madhavi Raje Scindia, is no more. May she find eternal peace in her heavenly abode. I pray God her family and loved ones the strength to bear with her loss,” Sharma posted.
