Live
- CCI issues cease and desist order against Table Tennis Federation of India, affiliate bodies
- Sensex closes at 82,133 after 2,000 pts rally from day low
- SMAT: Rahane’s stellar 98 leads Mumbai to final
- PKL 11: 'No one can predict who will reach the playoffs,’ says UP Yoddhas coach
- Nobody praises Kejriwal's ten-year tenure: Sandeep Dikshit
- MacBook Air M3 Hits Lowest Price in India: Find Details
- High Court Adjourns Hearing on Allu Arjun's Petition to 4 PM
- Pawan Kalyan praises Chandrababu Naidu at Swarnandhra Vision 2047 document launch
- Chirec International looks to transform education with Chirec 2.0 vision
- Telangana CM Revanth Reddy Responds to Allu Arjun's Arrest in Delhi
Former Madhya Pradesh CM Sunderlal Patwa dies; PM Modi, Chhattisgarh CM mourn
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sunderlal Patwa has died at the age of 92 after suffering a cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning at a Bhopal hospital, a BJP official said.
New Delhi: Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sunderlal Patwa has died at the age of 92 after suffering a cardiac arrest on Wednesday morning at a Bhopal hospital, a BJP official said.
Bharatiya Janata Party media coordinator Lokendra Parasar said that after suffering the heart attack the senior party leader was rushed to a private nursing home, where he died.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Bhopal to pay his tribute to Patwa.
Modi mourned his death in a tweet and said: "Saddened on the passing away of Sunderlal Patwa. He was a hardworking and dedicated leader whose good work as MP CM will be remembered."
"Sunderlal Patwa strengthened the BJP and was always admired by Karyakartas (workers). My thoughts are with his family. May his soul rest in peace," he added.
Meanwhile, Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh announced 3-day state mourning in the memory of former Madhya Pradesh CM.
Patwa was born on November 11, 1924. He was the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh twice, and also served as the Rural Development Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's union cabinet.
