BJP leaders condole scribe Vinod Mehta's death

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders of State including Union Ministers have expressed profound grief over the death of eminent veteran journalist and founder of Outlook Group Vinod Mehta. Senior BJP leader Sundarlal Patwa, Kailash Joshi and Kailash Narayan Sarang, union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Najma Heptulla, Thanwarchand Gehlot,  Prakash Javadekar and Uma Bharti, national vice president and MP Prabhat Jha, national secretary and MP Jyoti Dhurve, national president of ST Morcha and MP Faggan Singh Kulaste, MP Alok Sanjar, State president and MP Nandkumar Singh Chouhan, State organisational general secretary Arvind Menon, MP Satyanarayan Jatiya and Vikram Verma expressed profound grief over the death of Mehta.

All the leaders prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss. Nandkumar Singh Chouhan in his condolence message said the contribution of Mehta in journalism cannot be forgotten, he was a fearless journalist and a good writer.  He was the most experimental editor of the present times, he added. Menon said that Mehta made his identity as an impartial voice. In him, the country has lost a eminent writer and the loss for the intellectual class is irreparable. His candid editorial remarks and factual writings will prove to be source of inspiration for new generation of journalists. late Mehta always practiced value-based journalism, he added.

BJP State office in-charge Govind Arya, State spokespersons Vijendra Singh Sisodiya, Dipak Vijayvargiya, spokesman and MlAs Rameshwar Sharma and Vishwas Sarang, State office secretary Satyendra Bhushan Singh, State office co-secretary Rajendra Singh Rajput, State media in-charge Hitesh Vajpayee and others have also expressed profound grief over the death of Mehta and prayed to the Almighty to grant peace to the departed soul and strength to the bereaved family to bear this loss.