Vijay Rupani condoles untimely demise of Ananth Kumar

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani Monday condoled the death of Union minister and BJP leader Ananth Kumar. Kumar died at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the early hours of Monday after battling lung cancer. He was 59.

"Saddened by the demise of Shri Ananth Kumar Ji - Union Cabinet Minister of Chemicals, Fertilizers & Parliamentary Affairs. I pray for the departed soul. My condolences to family members. Om Shanti..." Rupani said on Twitter.

Kumar was suffering from cancer and had come back from the US in October after treatment at the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre, New York.