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Keshubhai Patel was Gujarat’s CM from March 1995 to October 1995 and from March 1998 to October 2001. He was a senior BJP leader in the state until he resigned from the party in 2012 to launch a new political outfit named ‘Gujarat Parivartan Party’ to contest the polls.

Former chief minister Keshubhai Patel, who led the first BJP government in Gujarat in 1995, passed away at 93 years at a hospital in Ahmedabad where he was rushed Thursday morning following health complications.

Affirming the news to The Indian Express, his child Bharat said that despite the fact that he had recovered from Covid 19, “some harm had been done to his wellbeing, as he additionally suffered from malignant growth of the prostate”. Patel had tested positive for Covid on September 18.

Keshubhai Patel as Gujarat’s CM from March 1995 to October 1995 and from March 1998 to October 2001. Narendra Modi had succeeded him as Gujarat boss clergyman. Patel was an individual from the Gujarat Legislative Assembly multiple times. He quit the BJP in 2012 and floated the Gujarat Parivartan Party, which performed ineffectively in 2012 Assembly surveys and merged with the BJP in 2014.

Keshubhai will be cremated today at 5 pm. Boss Minister Vijay Rupani who was battling in Gadhada, slice it short to race to Gandhinagar. “Directly from the times of Jan Sangh he raised this banyan tree that is the BJP and dedicated as long as he can remember to the country”, Rupani said in a message adding that his void could never be filled.

With the demise of Keshubhai Patel, former Gujarat chief minister, the nation has lost a stalwart leader. His long public life was dedicated to improving the lives of millions, especially in villages. As champion of farmers’ causes, he enjoyed extraordinary rapport with masses.

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) October 29, 2020

Communicating melancholy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Patel a “remarkable pioneer who cared for each segment of society.” “Our beloved and respected Keshubhai has passed away… I am profoundly pained and saddened. His life was devoted towards the advancement of Gujarat and the strengthening of each Gujarati,” he tweeted. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani paid recognitions for the BJP robust saying Patel’s passing is an immense misfortune for the individuals of Gujarat.

Conceived in Visavadar town of Junagadh area in 1928, Patel joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1945 as a pracharak. He started his political profession as a specialist for the Jan Sangh. Patel was likewise the executive of the Shree Somnath Trust, which deals with the renowned Somnath sanctuary in Saurashtra district.

A warhorse, Patel had led a front against the then boss pastor Narendra Modi-led BJP to challenge the overall decisions in Gujarat in 2012.