Lucknow,

19 May (HS): Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, conveyed his

condolences on Tuesday following the death of former Uttarakhand chief minister

and senior BJP leader Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri.

Adityanath stated in a post on X that the death of former Uttarakhand

Chief Minister and prominent BJP leader Maj Gen (Retd) Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri

is deeply sad. Respectful acknowledgments. He stated that he prayed to Lord Ram

for peace to the departed soul and strength to the grieving family to endure

the loss. Khanduri, a former chief minister of Uttarakhand and a top BJP

politician, died on Tuesday at 11 a.m. at a private hospital in Dehradun after

a protracted illness. He was ninety-one. He twice served as Uttarakhand's chief

minister.

Khanduri

was initially elected chief minister of the hill state in 2007, when the BJP

took control there. However, he resigned in 2009, accepting responsibility for

the party's defeat in all five Lok Sabha seats in the state. In 2011, the BJP

again appointed him to govern the state.

Khanduri

also served as a Union minister in former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's

cabinet, where he was in charge of road transport and roads. He is largely

known with driving the enormous Golden Quadrilateral highway project, which

connects different sections of the country. Khanduri was survived by his wife

Aruna, son Manish, and daughter Ritu Khanduri Bhushan.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi