Vijay Rupani, a former Indian state minister died in the ill-fated London-bound plane crash. Indian leader Narendra Modi reacted to the tragedy on Friday, June 13.

The Gujarat government will hold a state funeral for former CM Vijay Rupani in Rajkot on Monday, coinciding with a day of state mourning.

Rupani, the BJP’s Punjab in-charge, deferred his London visit in order to stay in Ludhiana to oversee the party’s preparedness for the bypolls.