Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and BJP leader Babulal Gaur passed away Wednesday morning after a prolonged illness. He was 89.
Gaur passed away due to caridiac arrest, Narmada Hospital Director, Dr Rajesh Sharma, told news agency PTI. He was suffering from various old-age related ailments and was hospitalised for quite some time. Gaur was admitted to the Narmada hospital in Bhopal on August 7 after his blood pressure dropped. Chief Minister Kamal Nath had then visited Gaur at the hospital.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to condole his death. “Shri Babulal Gaur Ji 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.
Shri Babulal Gaur Ji 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.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 21, 2019
Gaur served as the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh from August 2004 to November 2005. A veteran BJP leader, Gaur holds the enviable record of winning state assembly elections from the same seat 10 times in a row.
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.