The 92-year-old breathed his last on Thursday Image source: Twitter (@AshishMakhijani)
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Former CM of Gujarat Keshubhai Patel passes away at 92

Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Keshubhai Patel passed away on Thursday

Akshay Badwe

Keshubhai Patel, Former Chief Minister of Gujarat passed away on Thursday. The 92-year-old breathed his last at a hospital in Ahmedabad.

Keshubhai Patel who tested positive for the novel coronavirus served as the Chief Minister of the state in 1995 and from 1998 to 2001. A member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly for six times resigned from the BJP and founded his own political party -- The Gujarat Parivartan Party.Patel complained of difficulty in breathing on Thursday morning when he was admitted to the hospital in Ahmedabad, where he passed away.

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