Source:
PTI
Ahmedabad: Veteran BJP leader Dattaji Chirandas, who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19, died at the civic-run SVP Hospital in Gujarat s Ahmedabad city in the early hours of Wednesday, family sources said.
Dattaji, 80, died within two days of developing symptoms of the infection, the deceased leader s son Sunil said.
Condoling the veteran leader s death, Union Home Minister Amit Shah tweeted, I am pained by the demise of Gujarat BJP s veteran leader, guide and the state unit s former general secretary Dattaji Chirandasji. His political and social contribution will continue to inspire all of us.
Dattaji was not active in the party or politics for many years.