Vijay Rupani was onboard the Air India flight en path to London from Ahmedabad that crashed quickly after taking off within the Meghaninagar space. AP has reported that all the 242 individuals, together with the crew, died within the crash.
Vijay Rupani, who served because the sixteenth Chief Minister of Gujarat, is amongst greater than 200 individuals who died within the tragic Air India aircraft crash that was en path to London from Ahmedabad. The incident occurred as quickly because the flight AI-171 took off from the Ahmedabad airport, because it crashed within the Meghaninagar space. The e-ticket of Vijay Rupani additionally went on social media. It reveals that he was scheduled to return from London to Ahmedabad on June 30. Ahmedabad Police has confirmed that greater than 200 members on the flight weren’t capable of survive the crash. Nevertheless, a 40-year-old British nationwide, Ramesh Vishwas, survived the horrific crash. Up to now, he’s the one survivor from this incident.
A take a look at Vijay Rupani’s political profession
Rupani, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), was the Gujarat CM for 2 phrases from August 7, 2016, to September 11, 2021. He succeeded Anandiben Patel in 2016 and continued on the prime publish after retaining his Rajkot West constituency within the 2017 Gujarat Legislative Meeting Election. He resigned from the place in September 2021 and was succeeded by Bhupendra Patel.
In the course of the early a part of his political profession, Rupani was elected the corporator of the Rajkot Municipal Company in 1987 earlier than serving because the mayor of Rajkot from 1996 to 1997. Within the subsequent 12 months, he turned the BJP’s Gujarat unit basic secretary. He was additionally appointed the chairman of the manifesto committee when Keshubhai Patel was serving because the Gujarat CM.
Rupani was additionally the chairman of the Gujarat Municipal Finance Board in 2013 when India’s present Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. In February 2016, Rupani turned the state BJP President and held the place until August 2016.
Earlier than taking up because the CM of the state, Rupani was inducted as a minister within the first cupboard enlargement by Anandiben Patel in November 2014. From then until August 2016, he held the ministry of transport, water provide, labor, and employment.
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