Governor, CM mourn Scindia's demise

ahmedabad: gujarat governor sundar singh bhandari condoled the death of congress leader madhavrao scindia saying that the country had "lost a committed and enthusiastic youth leader." the governor sent a condolence message to the grieving family. chief minister keshubhai patel expressed deep sorrow at scindia's untimely death and said that his place can never be filled by anyone of that stature.rajya sabha member ahmed patel was shocked at the incident and said that "he gave up his life serving the cause of his party". scindia had for a brief while been in-charge of gujarat's affairs of the congress after sonia gandhi took over. "the loss is irreparable, not only for the country and the congress, but to me personally," ahmed patel said. he called him a dynamic person and an effective speaker, who had complete understanding of politics and also deep knowledge of economic and social issues. the untimely death of the congress leader has left the state party leaders in a state of shock. in a statement, gpcc president amarsinh chaudhary expressed shock at the incident and stated that in his death the party had lost a powerful leader. congress spokespersons hasmukh patel, arvind sanghavi and jayanti parmar stated that scindia was quite active in the task of making the congress viable. member of parliament brahmkumar bhatt and assembly member narhari amin said he had good understanding of the issues and problems and as deputy leader in parliament he was a great help to the leader of the opposition and party president sonia gandhi. gpcc vice-president and spokesperson ashok punjabi and others also joined in paying tributes to the departed leader. senior congress leader shankersinh vaghela, former chief minister dilip parikh and ssnl chairman bhupendrasinh chudasama have also mourned scindia's death.