Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Sunderlal Patwa passed away at the age of 92 on 28 December. The senior leader died after suffering a cardiac arrest.
The Madhya Pradesh government has declared a 3 day mourning in the state after the demise of the leader. Sunderlal Patwa has served as the chief minister of the state twice. Once for a short period of two months in 1980 and then again from 1990 to 1992.
He was the first a member of the Janata party when he first served at the Chief Minister for two and then became a BJP leader during his second term. He was also the Cabinet Minister when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister in the year 2001.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to condole his death:
Saddened on the passing away of Shri Sunder Lal Patwa. He was a hardworking & dedicated leader whose good work as MP CM will be remembered.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 28, 2016
Shri Sunder Lal Patwa strengthened the BJP & was always admired by Karyakartas. My thoughts are with his family. May his soul rest in peace.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 28, 2016
A number of BJP leaders took to Twitter to express grief over the demise of the veteran leader:
Deeply pained by the sad demise of Former Madhya Pradesh CM #SunderLalPatwa. My sincere condolences to his family & to the people of #MP.
— Radha Mohan Singh (@RadhamohanBJP) December 28, 2016
#SunderLalPatwa जी हम सभी के लिए प्रेरणा स्त्रोत हैं। मध्य प्रदेश के लिए किये गए कल्याण कार्य के लिए वें सदेव हम सभी के दिलो में याद रहेंगे
— Kailash Vijayvargiya (@KailashOnline) December 28, 2016
जनहित में अपना सम्पूर्ण जीवन समर्पित कर देने वाले, मध्यप्रदेश के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री श्री #SunderLalPatwa जी, हम सभी के लिए चिरस्मरणीय रहेंगे। pic.twitter.com/0sK2D1noOu
— Kailash Vijayvargiya (@KailashOnline) December 28, 2016
#SunderLalPatwa ji’s contributions to both the #BJP & #MadhyaPrdesh shall always be cherished.He was truely an inspiration to millions in MP
— Bhaiyyuji Maharaj (@bhaiyujimaharaj) December 28, 2016
