Madhya Pradesh declares three days mourn paying homage to former state CM BJP leader Babulal Gaur

Bhopal, August 21: Paying homage to the former Madhya Pradesh CM and senior BJP leader Babulal Gaur, who passed away on Wednesday morning at a private hospital after prolonged illness, the state has moved up declaring a 3 day mourn in his respect.

 

 

Further remembering the veteran, PM Modi dragged to twitter saying that Babulal Gaur served people for decades. “From Jana Sangh days, he worked constantly to strengthen our Party. As Minister and CM of Madhya Pradesh he undertook many efforts to transform the state. Saddened by his demise. Condolences to his family and supporters. Om Shanti”, he said.

Gaur passed away due to caridiac arrest as he was suffering from various old-age related ailments and was hospitalised for quite some time. The veteran BJP leader served as Madhya Pradesh chief minister from 2004-2005 and represented his traditional Govindpura Vidhan Sabha seat 10 times.

 

Born on June 2, 1930 at Pratapgarh in Uttar Pradesh, Gaur emerged as a powerful and popular leader in Madhya Pradesh initially as a trade union leader and later as MLA.