Former Gujarat Minister Died

In a road accident&

Amreli: On Friday, 19 May 2023, Police said, Former Gujarat agriculture minister Vallabhbhai Vaghasiya died in a car accident as his car crashed into a bulldozer near Savarkundla town in Amreli district of the state.

On Thursday night, the accident took place, an official of Vanda police station said.

Mr. Vaghasiya, aged 69 years old, a former BJP legislator from the Savarkundla assembly seat, had served as the agriculture and urban housing minister in the first term of the Vijay Rupani government.

He was returning to Savarkundla from a village when the accident occurred around 8.30 pm on a state highway near Vanda village.

One person accompanying him in the vehicle sustained injuries, the police official said.

The former minister suffered injuries after the car he was driving rammed into a bulldozer.

He was immediately rushed to a hospital where he was declared dead by the doctors, the police said.

Party leaders and his supporters gathered at the hospital after they heard about his accident.

"Former MLA of Savarkundla seat and ex-minister V V Vaghasiya died in a road accident. The leader who worked as a skilled organizer and a mass leader, and served the people of Amreli is no more with us.

We pray for him and strength to his family members to bear the loss," said sitting BJP MLA from Savarkundla, Mahesh Kaswala.