Senior Congress leader and former Gujarat CM Madhavsinh Solanki passes away
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed his condolences over the demise of the former External Affairs Minister. Madhavsinh Solanki. (Image: Twitter/INCIndia)
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Updated: Jan 9, 2021, 10:02 AM IST
Former foreign minister and Congress veteran Madhavsinh Solanki, who had also served as chief minister of Gujarat, died in Gandhinagar on early Saturday morning, Congress leaders said. He was 93.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday expressed his condolences over the demise of the former External Affairs Minister.
Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said that Solanki played a key role in Gujarat politics for decades and he will be remembered for his rich service to society.
Former Congress heavyweight Madhavsinh Solanki passes away at 93
January 09, 2021
Four-time Gujarat CM breathed his last at his residence Former Gujarat Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Madhavsinh Solanki passes away on Saturday morning at his residence in Gandhinagar. He was 93.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed condolences in a message posted on Twitter.
“Shri Madhavsinh Solanki Ji was a formidable leader, playing a key role in Gujarat politics for decades. He will be remembered for his rich service to society. Saddened by his demise. Spoke to his son, Bharat Solanki Ji and expressed condolences. Om Shanti,” Modi wrote.
Solanki, who also served as External Affairs Minister in the PV Narasimha Rao Cabinet, engineered a socio-political shift in Gujarat politics during 1980s. His KHAM (Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi, Muslim) theory of mobilising non-brahmin, non-Patel and non-Baniya communities vote for Congress.
Madhavsinh Solanki â Former Gujarat CM, Union Minister, Congress Veteran â Passes Away
Solanki had floated an idea of an alliance of Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi and Muslim ( KHAM ) castes and communities in Gujarat for Congress to win elections.
Madhavsinh Solanki. Photo: PTI
Politics09/Jan/2021
Ahmedabad: Former foreign minister and Congress veteran Madhavsinh Solanki, who had also served as chief minister of Gujarat, died in Gandhinagar on early Saturday morning, Congress leaders said. He was 93.
“The death of Madhavsinh Solanki has brought extreme grief. May God give peace to his soul. He had made place in the hearts of people by his actions and deeds,” Gujarat Congress president Amit Chavda, who is also a relative of Solanki, tweeted.