Keshubhai mentored me, I'm deeply pained: PM on ex-Guj CM's demise
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took to Twitter to pay his condolences after the demise of former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel. He wrote, "Keshubhai mentored and groomed many younger Karyakartas including me...I am deeply pained and saddened." PM Modi added, "He resisted the Emergency tooth and nail. Issues of farmer welfare were closest to his heart."