Senior BJP chief and sitting Jammu and Kashmir MLA Devender Singh Rana handed away early on Thursday at a hospital in Faridabad within the Nationwide Capital Area of Delhi.
Rana (59), the youthful brother of Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh, had been elected to the J&Okay Legislative Meeting from Nagrota constituency after defeating his closest rival, Joginder Singh of the Jammu & Kashmir Nationwide Convention (JKNC), by 30,472 votes. He was one of many key figures for the BJP within the lately held elections and was additionally a powerful contender for the workplace of the Chief of the Opposition within the Legislative Meeting.
Rana was a powerful voice of the Jammu area. A former shut aide of Omar Abdullah, he was additionally a outstanding Hindu throughout face of the Nationwide Convention earlier than he switched sides. In 2014, regardless of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wave, he had received the Meeting election in Nagrota.
His physique is more likely to attain Jammu on Friday.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed his condolences by way of a publish on social media platform X. “I’m deeply grieved to study of the premature demise of Shri Devender Singh Rana Ji. In his passing away, we now have misplaced a patriotic & extensively revered chief, who was dedicated to well-being of the folks of J&Okay. I prolong my deepest condolences to his household & pals. Om Shanti,” he wrote.
