PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath and Rajnath Singh pay tributes to former UP CM Kalyan Singh

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh, popularly known as “Babuji” in UP politics, died on Saturday night at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences in Lucknow. (Photo: Vishal Srivastav)

Kalyan Singh passed away after battling age-related ailments at the Lucknow hospital for nearly one-and-a-half months. (Photo: Vishal Srivastav)

PM Modi pays respects to Kalyan Singh. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath rushed to SGPGI hospital as soon as he heard the news of Singh’s deteriorating health condition. BJP state president Swatantra Dev Singh accompanied him to the hospital. The CM announced three days of state mourning, adding that August 23 will be a public holiday every year. (Photo: Vishal Srivastav)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief over the demise of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Kalyan Singh. Offering his condolences, PM Modi said he was saddened beyond words. (Photo: Vishal Srivastav)

The 89-year-old BJP veteran, Kalyan Singh was admitted to the ICU of Lucknow hospital on the evening of July 4 due to an infection. His condition deteriorated thereafter, and he was placed on dialysis on Friday. (Photo: Vishal Srivastav)

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh was present along with UP CM Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Modi to pay their final tributes. (Photo: Vishal Srivastav)

Condoling the demise of the former CM who had been associated with the Ram Mandir movement and was a strong ‘Lodh’ face of the BJP, Yogi Adityanath labelled Singh’s death as “apurniya kshhati” (an irreparable loss) and recalled his “leading role” in the campaign. (Photo: Vishal Srivastav)

Kalyan Singh was made BJP state president in 1984 and was elected leader of BJP legislature party after the 1989 Assembly elections during the first stint of Mulayam as CM. (Photo: Vishal Srivastav)

UP CM Yogi Adityanath said that a cabinet meeting was convened on Saturday night to mourn the death. Adityanath said the body would be placed at the BJP headquarters on Sunday and will later be taken to Aligarh, Singh’s hometown. (Photo: Vishal Srivastav)

On Monday, Kalyan Singh's body would be taken to his ‘janmabhumi’ and ‘karmabhumi’, Atrauli, a seat he has also represented in the Assembly. Yogi Adityanath said that Singh’s body would be laid to rest with full state honours at Narora in Bulandshahr district on Monday afternoon. (Photo: Vishal Srivastav)