Former Union Minister Kashiram Rana dead

August 31, 2012 10:01

Former Union Minister and dissident BJP leader Kashiram Rana, who recently joined Keshubhai Patel's Gujarat Parivartan Party, passed away early Friday morning, party sources said. He was 76.

Rana complained of chest pain early morning when he was in the circuit house of the city.

He was rushed to Jiveraj Mehta hospital in Ahmedabad where he died.

Rana was a textile minister in the A B Vajpayee government.

However, the MP from Surat was sidelined after Narendra Modi became the chief minister of Gujarat.

Rana had recently joined Gujarat Parivartan Party, floated by Keshubahi Patel, and was busy in election campaign.

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