A few days after the demise of State’s Cabinet Minister Prakash Pant, another leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Umesh Agarwal succumbed to cancer. The former BJP Mahanagar chief and a leader of the business fraternity in Dehradun was undergoing treatment for some years now. He had recently returned to Dehradun a few days ago breathed his last at his residence in Subhashnagar early on Sunday morning.
Chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat expressed grief at Agarwal’s passing away. Reaching the departed politician’s residence in Subhashnagar area on Sunday, the chief minister paid floral tributes. He also met members of the bereaved family and consoled them. The chief minister said that Agarwal was a senior leader of the party with an association of about 25 years. Apart from the post of the Dehradun Mahanagar president of the BJP, Agarwal also held various other posts. He was also a leader of the business fraternity. Terming his demise as an irreparable loss, the chief minister also participated in the funeral procession of the departed leader.
The BJP State president and Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar MP, Ajay Bhatt said that Agarwal was a very dedicated and capable worker of the party. Apart from holding various positions including that of the BJP Dehradun Mahanagar president, he was also active in social service and was involved with various organisations. The Vidhan Sabha speaker Prem Chand Agrawal also expressed grief at the passing away of the BJP leader. In his condolence message, the speaker said that he had always served the BJP party and struggled in support of his beliefs. Dehradun mayor Sunil Uniyial ‘Gama’, MLA Harbans Kapoor, Garhwal MP Teerath Singh Rawat, Congress leader Suryakant Dhasmana and others also paid tributes to Agarwal at his residence on Sunday. Agarwal was cremated at Lakkhibagh in the city.