Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief over the death of former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel recently. He has expressed grief in a tweet. In his tweet, he wrote, 'Keshubhai mentored and groomed many younger Karyakartas including me. Everyone loved his affable nature. His demise is an irreparable loss. We are all grieving today.' He tweeted and wrote, 'My thoughts are with his family and well-wishers. Spoke to his son Bharat and expressed condolences. Om Shanti. ' 

Keshubhai mentored and groomed many younger Karyakartas including me. Everyone loved his affable nature. His demise is an irreparable loss. We are all grieving today. My thoughts are with his family and well-wishers. Spoke to his son Bharat and expressed condolences. Om Shanti. pic.twitter.com/p9HF3D5b7y

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 29, 2020

In another tweet, PM Modi writes, 'Keshubhai travelled across the length and breadth of Gujarat to strengthen the Jana Sangh and BJP. He resisted the Emergency tooth and nail. Issues of farmer welfare were closest to his heart. Be it as MLA, MP, Minister or CM, he ensured many farmer-friendly measures were passed.' Talking about Keshubhai Patel, he first served as the CM of Gujarat in the year 1995. He remained the Chief Minister for the second time from the year 1998 to 2001. He had won assembly elections in the state six times.

Keshubhai travelled across the length and breadth of Gujarat to strengthen the Jana Sangh and BJP. He resisted the Emergency tooth and nail. Issues of farmer welfare were closest to his heart. Be it as MLA, MP, Minister or CM, he ensured many farmer friendly measures were passed. pic.twitter.com/qvXxG0uHvo

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 29, 2020

Keshubhai Patel left the BJP in the year 2012 and formed his new party 'Gujarat Parivartan Party'. He was elected MLA from Visavadar seat in the 2012 state assembly elections but later resigned in 2014 due to ill health. Keshubhai Patel joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as a pracharak in the year 1945 and he also went to jail during the Emergency in 1975. He died in the hospital today.

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