Relatives pray at the residence of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in Rajkot on Thursday | PTI
Former Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani dies in Ahmedabad plane crash
Rupani was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2016 till 2021, after winning the Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections from Rajkot West seat
Ahmedabad, Jun 12 (PTI) Former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani died on Thursday after an Air India aircraft carrying him and 241 others crashed near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport airport in Ahmedabad in the afternoon, Union minister C R Patil said.
Rupani, 68, was the chief minister from 2016 till 2021, after winning the Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections from Rajkot West seat.
The London-bound flight AI 171, which Rupani took on Monday, was carrying 169 Indians, 53 British nationals, seven Portuguese, and one Canadian national, apart from two pilots and 10 cabin crew members. PTI
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