New Delhi: Former Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Governor Rajasthan Kalyan Singh passed on Saturday night due to sepsis and multi-organ failure.
He was 89 years old.
Singh, who admitted at the Sanjay Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow, has been placed on dialysis after his condition deteriorated.
PM Modi posted Kalyan Singh’s death with a tweet that said “Kalyan Singh Ji voted to Crores who were included in the sorts of society.
He made a lot of effort on empowering farmers, young people and women.” I’m sad to go beyond words.
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https://t.co/8F6V76N3FY- Narendra Modi (@Narendramodi) 1629563897000FFORMER UP CM and BSP Supremo Mayawati is also taken to Twitter to express condolences.
भाजपा के कद्दावर नेता व उत्तर प्रदेश के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री एवं राजस्थान के पूर्व राज्यपाल रहे श्री कल्याण सिंह के नि …
https://t.co/BWpt5TeqGZ- Mayawati (@Mayawati) 1629564181000Singh, BJP leader, was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when The demolition of the Babri Mosque occurred in 1992.
He got out of the post on the day, the mosque was destroyed.
He became CM for the second term in 1997, but was transferred by his party in 1999, and left BJP, forming his own party.
He, along with BJP Veteran LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, stood the trial in connection with the case of demolition of the mosque but was later released by the CBI court.