Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has expressed shock over the demise of Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde saying the late BJP leader had created a space for himself in the socio-political field through hard work and years of struggle.
<img title="Maharashtra CM" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2014/aug/Prithviraj-Chavan.jpg" alt="Maharashtra CM" /> Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has condoled the death of Gopinath Munde
"I am shocked over the passing away of Gopinath Munde. He was humble and polite and a grassroot leader. He had the ability to make friends cutting across party lines and maintained the friendship," Chavan told reporters here.
Munde, 64, the OBC face of BJP in Maharashtra died apparently of shock and cardiac arrest suffered during a road accident early this morning in New Delhi. After serving as legislator, minister, deputy chief minister and deputy leader in the Lok Sabha, he had gotten the opportunity to serve as a Union minister.
"He told me that he will utilise his post for benefit of Maharashtra," he said adding that Munde had a big role to play in the success of the Sena-BJP alliance in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha polls.
State PWD Minister Chhagan Bhujbal said Munde was like a brother to him. "After I lost the Nashik Lok Sabha seat, he called me and said not to lose hope," Bhujbal recalled. NCP state president Bhaskar Jadhav said fate had cruelly cut down Munde's journey.&nbsp;

Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has expressed shock over the demise of Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde&nbsp;

Gopinath Munde was a grassroots leader: Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan

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