Dudi suffered a brain hemorrhage (stroke) in August 2023, which left him in a coma for about two years, news agency ANI reported.
Baytu MP Harish Choudhary shared the heartbreaking news on X (formerly Twitter). He said, “The demise of Rameshwar Dudi is extremely painful and unfortunate for all of us. May God grant the soul of the deceased a place at his holy feet and give the grieving family the strength to bear this grief. The demise of Dudi Sahab is an irreparable loss to the entire state.”
छात्र जीवन से अपने राजनीतिक सफ़र को शुरू कर देश की सबसे बड़ी पंचायत लोकसभा एवं राजस्थान विधानसभा में प्रदेश के पीड़ित,शोषित,वंचित वर्ग की आवाज बुलंद कर उनके हक़ अधिकार की लड़ाई लड़ने वाले किसान नेता रामेश्वर डूडी जी का निधन हम सभी के लिए अत्यंत दुखद एवं दुर्भाग्यपूर्ण है,
ईश्वर… pic.twitter.com/KQ4HKUBEYy
– Harish Chaudhary (@Barmer_Harish) October 4, 2025
“End of an era. Naman to legendary leader Rameshwar Lal Dudi Ji, a rare politician with a public and personal life of his own,” Special Forces field commander Devendra Singh Kaswa wrote on X.
End of an era. Naman to legendary leader Rameshwar Lal Dudi Ji, a rare politician with a public and personal life of his own..!#rameshwardudi pic.twitter.com/8Hh5N5Rg6w
— Devendra Singh Kaswa ???????? (@dskaswa) October 4, 2025
Former Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot termed the news “extremely heartbreaking” and said it was a big loss for the Congress family.
“The demise of former Leader of Opposition and MP from Bikaner, Shri Rameshwar Dudi… comes as a personal shock to me,” Gehlot said.
पूर्व नेता प्रतिपक्ष एवं बीकानेर से सांसद रहे श्री रामेश्वर डूडी का निधन बेहद दुखद है। Part 2 of the photo series में उनका जाना हमेशा खलता रहेगा। यह मेरे लिए व्यक्तिगत तौर पर एक आघात है।
श्री रामेश्वर डूडी ने अपनी हर भूमिका का निर्वहन अच्छे से किया। वो मेरे… pic.twitter.com/MPbZzMDiiU
-Ashok Gehlot (@ashokgehlot51) October 4, 2025
Who was Rameshwar Dudi?
Rameshwar Dudi was born in Biramsar, Bikaner on July 1, 1963. He held several positions during his decades-long career: first as a member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from Nokha constituency, and then as a member of the Lok Sabha (Parliament) from Bikaner from 1999 to 2004.
In 1995, he started his political career in Nokha as Pradhan of the Panchayat Samiti. Later he became the head of the district Zila Parishad in Bikaner. He was the Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly from 2013 to 2018.
Rameshwar Dudi’s wife Sushila Dudi is currently the MP from Nokha.
(Edited by: Sudarsanan Mani)
