Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh died on Saturday at a hospital in Lucknow, reported The...
Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh died on Saturday at a hospital in Lucknow, reported The Times of India. He was 89.
An official statement from the Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, where he was admitted, said that Singh died of sepsis and multi-organ failure. He was admitted to the intensive care unit of the hospital on July 4 in critical condition.
Singh, who was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when the Babri Mosque demolition took place, was also the governor of Rajasthan between 2014 and 2015. He was accused of criminal conspiracy in the demolition case. He was acquitted by a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in September along with senior BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti.
Several politicians expressed grief on his demise. “Kalyan Singh Ji gave voice to crores of people belonging to the marginalised sections of society,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted. “He made numerous efforts towards the empowerment of farmers, youngsters and women.”
Kalyan Singh Ji gave voice to crores of people belonging to the marginalised sections of society. He made numerous efforts towards the empowerment of farmers, youngsters and women.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 21, 2021
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