Former Gujarat CM Madhavsinh Solanki Cremated With Full State Honours in Ahmedabad
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Former Union minister and Congress veteran Madhavsinh Solanki, who had served as chief minister of Gujarat on four occasions, was on Sunday cremated with full state honours in Ahmedabad. Solanki (93), a former external affairs minister, died on Saturday at his residence in Gandhinagar.
His son Bharatsinh Solanki, a former Union minister, performed the rituals at a crematorium here after Solanki senior s mortal remains, wrapped in the Tricolour, were brought in a procession from Rajiv Bhavan, the headquarters of the state unit of the Congress. Among the several hundred people who joined the procession were Congress Gujarat in charge Rajeev Satav, state unit party president Amit Chavda and Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Paresh Dhanani.