{"id":330135,"date":"2021-01-09T06:08:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T06:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=330135"},"modified":"2021-01-09T06:08:59","modified_gmt":"2021-01-09T06:08:59","slug":"former-gujarat-cm-madhavsinh-solanki-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/former-gujarat-cm-madhavsinh-solanki-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Gujarat CM Madhavsinh Solanki passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-330136 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/solanki-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/solanki-2.jpg 573w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/solanki-2-300x241.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2021\/01\/solanki-2-523x420.jpg 523w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/>Senior Congress leader Madhavsinh Solanki, who served as former Chief Minister of Gujarat passed away on Saturday morning. He breathed his last at his residence in Gandhinagar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Condoling his demise, President Ram Nath Kovind said the nation has lost an unmatched leader.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIn the demise of Shri Madhavsinh Solanki, the nation has lost an unmatched leader. He will be long remembered as much for his role in shaping modern Gujarat as for his inimitable warmth, charm, and love for literature. My condolences to his family and well-wishers,\u201d Kovind tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the demise of Solanki and said he was a formidable leader who played a key role in Gujarat\u2019s politics for decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cShri Madhavsinh Solanki Ji was a formidable leader, playing a key role in Gujarat politics for decades. He will be remembered for his rich service to society. Saddened by his demise. Spoke to his son, Bharat Solanki Ji and expressed condolences. Om Shanti,\u201d Modi tweeted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cBeyond politics, Shri Madhavsinh Solanki Ji enjoyed reading and was passionate about culture. Whenever I would meet him or speak to him, we would discuss books and he would tell me about a new book he recently read. I will always cherish the interactions we had,\u201d Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said, \u201cSaddened by the demise of Shri Madhavsinh Solanki.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He will be remembered for his contribution in strengthening the Congress ideology &amp; promoting social justice. Heartfelt condolences to his family &amp; friends.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Solanki was a two-term MP of Rajya Sabha from Gujarat and served as External Affairs Minister from June 1991 to March 1992.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senior Congress leader Madhavsinh Solanki, who served as former Chief Minister of Gujarat passed away on Saturday morning. He breathed his last at his residence in Gandhinagar. Condoling his demise, President Ram Nath Kovind said the nation has lost an unmatched leader. \u201cIn the demise of Shri Madhavsinh Solanki, the nation has lost an unmatched [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":330136,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2838,2014,2026],"tags":[13843],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330135"}],"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=330135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330137,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330135\/revisions\/330137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/330136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}