Ahmedabad Plane Crash: vijay rupani dies in plane crash, former chief minister was going to london to meet his daughter

Ahmedabad Plane Crash: Former gujarat chief minister vijay rupani died in a horrific plane crash today. He was going to london to meet his family. State bjp President CR Patil has confirmed his death.

Former gujarat chief minister vijay rupani also died in the air india plane crash in ahmedabad on Thursday. gujarat bjp President CR Patil has confirmed this. Rupani was going to meet his daughter. There was mourning at Rupani's house after receiving the news of the accident. Now after receiving the news of his death, pictures of his crying family members have also surdata-faced. Earlier, another picture of Rupani was also going viral on social media, in which he was seen sitting in the plane.

CR Patil said,our leader former Chief Minister Rupani was going to london to meet his family on this flight. He has also become a victim of this accident. May his soul rest in peace. He further said thatthis accident is so big that prime minister Narendra Modi himself is reaching Gujarat. Whatever he can do, he will do it by coming here.

Rupani was 68 years old. He was the chief minister of gujarat from 2016 to 2020. Before becoming the chief minister, Rupani was a rajya sabha member between July 2006 and 2012. After resigning from the post of chief minister of gujarat in 2014, anandiben patel replaced prime minister Narendra Modi. Almost two years later, in august 2016, vijay rupani became the Chief Minister. In the first term, Rupani held the post of cm from august 2016 to december 2017. After this, he took over the post of Chief Minister between December 2017 and September 2021. He was the chief minister for five years and 37 days.

Rupani also served as gujarat State BJP President between february and august 2016.Earlier, in the years 1996-97, Rupani was also the mayor of rajkot Municipal Corporation.Apart from politics, if we talk about Rupani's personal life, vijay rupani married Anjali, a member of the bjp women's wing.Rupani's family has a son Rishabhand a daughter Radhika. The daughter is married.

There were 242 passengers on board the air india aircraft Boeing 787-8. Since the accident, rescue and relief teams have been busy with their work. So far more than 200 bodies have been recovered. Reuters quoted ahmedabad city police commissioner GS Malik as saying that a total of 204 bodies have been recovered from the accident site. According to the police commissioner, the bodies recovered may include both passengers and those killed on the ground, as the plane crashed into a medical college hostel outside the airport at lunchtime. Let us tell you that the passengers included 217 adults, 11 children, and two infants. Air India has said that there were 169 indian citizens, 53 Britons, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian on board the plane.