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Kalyan Singh Dies at 89: PM Modi, Rajnath Singh offer tributes to BJP veteran
Kalyan Singh, an OBC leader, was a cadre's delight, recalled former minister Rajendra Tiwari, who was UP BJP secretary when Singh was the state party chief in 1984.
Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, paid floral tributes to former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, who left to heavenly abode on Saturday night at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) here. The veteran leader headed the first-ever Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in 1991 and was the chief minister when the Babri mosque was demolished in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. Paying tribute to the senior politician, Uttar Pradesh BJP also shared an old clip where Singh is seen pledging his allegiance to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Bharatiya Janata Party.
"Kalyan Singh Ji made Jan Kalyan his life Mantra. He worked for the development of UP and the nation. He became synonymous with honesty and good administration," Says PM Modi as he pays his last respects.
Kalyan Singh dies at 89
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh and JP Nadda are among BJP's top brass who visited Kalyan Singh's residence to pay their last respects. Kalyan Singh died due to sepsis and multi-organ failure. The mortal remains of Singh will be brought to the UP Assembly at 11am and the BJP Office at 12.30pm.
BJP president JP Nadda is likely to participate in the last procession from BJP Office in Lucknow to the airport at 2pm from where the body will be shifted to Aligarh at 3pm. Singh, 89, had been undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit of the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) in the Uttar Pradesh capital since July 4. On Friday, his condition deteriorated, following which he was placed on dialysis.
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- 22 Aug 2021 10:32 AM GMT
Rajasthan Governor Kalraj Mishra pays his last respects to former UP CM Kalyan Singh at Choudhary Charan Singh Airport.
- 22 Aug 2021 9:37 AM GMT
Along with CM Yogi Adityanath, other BJP leaders took the body from BJP State office and left for Amausi airport. From where the body of former CM Kalyan Singh will be taken to Aligarh by air ambulance. Today his body will be kept in the stadium for public viewing in Aligarh.
- 22 Aug 2021 9:31 AM GMT
UP BJP Chief tweets,"At the BJP state office, guardian of all of us, paid homage to the body of former Chief Minister of the state, Late Kalyan Singh ji 'Babuji'."
- 22 Aug 2021 9:26 AM GMT
CM Yogi Adityanath, state BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh, Deputy CMs Dinesh Sharma and KP Maurya and others pay last respects to former UP CM Kalyan Singh at party office.
- 22 Aug 2021 6:59 AM GMT
Kalyan singh's mortal remains now being moved from tue residence. Will be taken to vidhan sabha in an army truck
- 22 Aug 2021 6:59 AM GMT
We lost a capable leader. We should make maximum efforts by taking his values & resolutions to compensate for him; we should leave no stone unturned in fulfilling his dreams. I pray to Lord Ram to give Kalyan Singh a place by him &give strength to his family to bear this pain: PM
- 22 Aug 2021 6:24 AM GMT
Kalyan Singh Ji made Jan Kalyan his life Mantra. He worked for the development of UP and the nation. He became synonymous with honesty and good administration, Says PM Modi as he pays his respects
- 22 Aug 2021 6:06 AM GMT
'At Times It Seemed 'Babuji' Would Return Home But He Didn't': Kalyan Singh's Distraught Grandson
- 22 Aug 2021 5:37 AM GMT
PM Narendra Modi landed in Lucknow for Antim Darshan of former UP CM and statesman Shri Kalyan Singh Ji
