Saini,74, was suffering from multiple organ ailment.
He was cremated here with a large number of BJP leaders including former Punjab BJP President Ashwani Sharma and Deputy Speaker Dinesh Singh Babbu attending the last rites.
Saini was admitted to DMC hospital in Ludhiana on February 14 and was kept in ICU.
According to one of the Saini's kins, the doctors at DMC had declared him dead on Thursday night and had asked them to take his body.
Vivek Saini, son of the former minister, had yesterday said that when they reached Mukerian from Ludhiana in a car, Saini's heart started beating and his system was revived.