Veteran gandhian and former Union minister Daulatram Saran on Saturday died here after prolonged illness. The 87-year-old Jat leader, hailing from Sardarshahr in Churu was the Union urban development minister in Chandra Shekhar’s government. He was also the agriculture minister in 1957 in the Rajasthan government.
He won the Assembly elections in 1957 and 1962 as a Congress candidate and as an Independent candidate in 1967 elections.
He became the member of Parliament in 1977, 1980 and 1989.