Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BJP veteran Kalyan Singh, who was ailing for some time, died at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow on Saturday night.
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, August 22 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday arrived in Lucknow, where he paid tributes to former Chief Minister Kalyan Singh who died late on Saturday night. The prime minister was received by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and BJP chief JP Nadda at the Lucknow airport. Prime Minister Modi then went to the Mall Avenue residence of the late leader, where he met the former chief minister’s family members and offered his condolences.
Taking to Twitter, the prime minister’s office today said, “Shri 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.”
#WATCH | Uttar Pradesh: PM Narendra Modi pays his last respects to former UP CM Kalyan Singh at the latter's residence in Lucknow. pic.twitter.com/LMPDk0Zwqf
Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BJP veteran Kalyan Singh, who was ailing for some time, died at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow on Saturday night. He was 89.
Tributes poured in for the prominent backward caste leader with Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailing the two-time Uttar Pradesh chief minister’s “indelible contribution” towards the development of the state and the “cultural regeneration” of India.
Singh, who also served as the Rajasthan governor, was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the SGPGI in a critical condition on July 4.
He died due to sepsis and multi-organ failure, the hospital said.
Uttar Pradesh has announced three-day mourning and a holiday on Monday when the former chief minister’s last rites will be performed.
A Lodhi leader, Singh was instrumental in the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to power in Uttar Pradesh in the 1990s.
He is survived by his wife Ramvati Devi, son Rajveer Singh, who is the Lok Sabha MP from Etah, and grandson Sandeep Singh, who is the minister of state for finance, technical education, medical education in Uttar Pradesh.
