{"id":324851,"date":"2020-07-21T03:30:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T03:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=324851"},"modified":"2020-07-21T04:19:08","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T04:19:08","slug":"madhya-pradesh-governor-lalji-tandon-passes-away-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/madhya-pradesh-governor-lalji-tandon-passes-away-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon passes away at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-324852 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/lalji-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"441\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/07\/lalji-2.jpg 441w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/07\/lalji-2-295x300.jpg 295w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/07\/lalji-2-413x420.jpg 413w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/>Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon passed away on Tuesday morning in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He was 85.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Lalji Tandon&#8217;s son Ashutosh Tandon shared the news of his father\u2019s demise on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Lalji Tandon breathed his last at around 5:35 am at the hospital. The last rites will be performed today evening.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Extending his condolences, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, &#8220;Shri Lalji Tandon was well-versed with constitutional matters. He enjoyed a long and close association with beloved Atal Ji. In this hour of grief, my condolences to the family and well-wishers of Shri Tandon. Om Shanti.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cShri Lalji Tandon will be remembered for his untiring efforts to serve society. He played a key role in strengthening the BJP in Uttar Pradesh. He made a mark as an effective administrator, always giving importance of public welfare. Anguished by his passing away,\u201d Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Tandon was admitted to a hospital on June 11 with breathing problems, fever and difficulty in urination.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel was given additional charge of the state after Lal Ji Tandon was admitted to hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madhya Pradesh Governor Lalji Tandon passed away on Tuesday morning in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He was 85. Lalji Tandon&#8217;s son Ashutosh Tandon shared the news of his father\u2019s demise on Twitter. Lalji Tandon breathed his last at around 5:35 am at the hospital. The last rites will be performed today evening. Extending his condolences, Prime [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":324852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2923,2009,2014,2015,2026],"tags":[12947],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324851"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324856,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324851\/revisions\/324856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/324852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}