MP Dhanbad Pashupatinath Singh expressing condolences on the death of senior BJP leader Late Kalyan Singh said that he is deeply saddened by the demise of stalwart politician. People mourned the departed soul by observing silence of two minutes in the MP’s residence.
The MP added Late Kalyan Singh played a leading role in taking the BJP to new heights and in the Ram Mandir movement. He was a mass leader and a powerful orator. During his Chief Minister ship, his rule left an indelible mark in the public mind. He was the leader of the backward and the poor. His passing is an irreparable loss to the country.
Bokaro MLA Biranchi Narayan, expressing condolences on the death of senior BJP leader, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and former Governor of Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan Late Kalyan Singh, said that today we have lost such a great personality who left an indelible mark at the national level with his political skills, administrative experience and development-oriented approach. He was dedicated to the upliftment of the underprivileged and the welfare of all sections of the society, said Narayan.
Late Kalyan Singh started his political career in 1967 by winning the Atrauli Vidhan Sabha seat in Aligarh as a Bharatiya Jan Sangh candidate. He won the seat nine times till 2002, losing just once, in 1980. In the late 80s, he not only pushed the Ram temple movement in UP, but also united Hindus, especially after the implementation of the Mandal Commission report. As a result, BJP got majority in 1991 assembly polls by winning 221 seats. He passed away at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI) in Lucknow last Saturday after suffering from sepsis and multiorgan failure.
On the condolence meeting at the MP’s residence, former BJP district president Rohit Lal Singh, RN Ojha, Kamlesh Rai, Krishna Kumar Munna, Laxman Nayak, Veer Bhadra Prasad Singh, Vinay Anand, Vidya Sagar Singh, Ritu Rani Singh, Tinku Tapadia, Anil Singh, Dhiraj Jha along with Hundreds of workers including Santosh Burnwal, Neeraj, Nagendra Puri, Sanjay Singh, Shankar Rajak and others were present.