Ajit Jogi passes away: Life of former Chhattisgarh CM in photos

Chhattisgarh's first Chief Minister, Ajit Jogi, passed away Friday after suffering two cardiac arrests. (Express archive)

Jogi, who had suffered multiple arrests in the past 20 days, was comatose and on ventilator support as doctors were trying to revive his brain activity. (Express archive photo)

A bureaucrat-turned-politician, Jogi had served as the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to November 2003 in the then Congress government, after the state came into existence. (Express archive photo)

Jogi parted ways with the Congress in 2016 after he and his son got embroiled in a controversy over a by-election. (Express archive photo)

Jogi later formed the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J). (Express archive photo)

In picture: Ajit Jogi with late BJP leader Sushma Swaraj and actor Aishwarya Rai. Jogi is survived by his wife MLA Renu Jogi and son Amit Jogi. (Express archive photo)