Devender Singh Rana joined the BJP on October 2021.
Jammu:
Senior BJP chief and Nagrota MLA Devender Singh Rana, brother of Union minister Jitendra Singh, died on Thursday at a personal hospital in Haryana’s Faridabad. He was 59.
Based on a senior BJP chief, Rana was present process therapy on the hospital. He’s survived by his spouse, Gunjan Rana, their daughters Devyani and Ketki, and son Adhiraj Singh.
Because the information of Rana’s dying unfold, a whole lot of individuals, together with political leaders, gathered at his residence within the Gandhinagar space of Jammu. Union Minister Jitendra Singh additionally rushed to his home.
Rana, who turned to politics from enterprise as he constructed a multi-crore enterprise from scratch, was a robust voice for Jammu’s Dogra neighborhood.
Rana was lately re-elected to the Jammu and Kashmir Meeting from the Nagrota phase of Jammu district, securing the seat for a second time period.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed shock and grief over Rana’s sudden demise. “In his passing, we’ve misplaced a patriotic and broadly revered chief who was dedicated to the well-being of the folks of J&Okay. I lengthen my deepest condolences to his household and pals. Om Shanti,” the LG’s workplace posted on X.
Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary additionally expressed condolences. “This information is very disheartening on an auspicious day (Diwali). My condolences are prolonged to his household and PMO @DrJitendraSingh ji on the lack of his youthful brother. Deepest condolences to his household and family members. Om Shanti,” Mr Choudhary wrote on X.
PDP chief and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti additionally provided her condolences. “Shocked to listen to concerning the sudden demise of Devender Rana Ji. Deepest condolences to his household and family members,” Mufti stated on X.
The Jammu and Kashmir BJP stated his premature demise is a superb loss to the occasion and to the folks of J&Okay. “His contribution and dedication to society will all the time be remembered. Could his soul relaxation in peace, and should God present power to his household to bear this irreparable loss,” the occasion posted on X.
Congress Nationwide Normal Secretary and MLA Ghulam Ahmed Mir expressed his shock and sorrow over Rana’s dying.
“My heartfelt condolences to the household, kinfolk, and pals of the deceased. Having interacted with him in politics and past, Rana was an amazing, supportive, and visionary chief, an entrepreneur whose enterprise acumen created alternatives for a lot of in J&Okay,” Ghulam Ahmed Mir wrote on X.
Different political leaders together with Sajad Lone, Junaid Matoo, Sunil Sharma, Tarun Chugh, Sham Lal Sharma, Choudhary Zulfikar Ali additionally provided their condolences on Rana’s passing.
As soon as a trusted lieutenant of Nationwide Convention chief Omar Abdullah and his political advisor throughout his earlier tenure as chief minister, Rana held appreciable sway amongst Muslims, notably the Gujjar neighborhood in Jammu.
Born right into a Dogra household in Jammu’s Doda district in 1965, he was the son of former bureaucrat Rajinder Singh Rana and the brother of Union Minister Jitendra Singh.
After incomes a level in civil engineering from NIT Kurukshetra, Rana ventured into enterprise, founding his personal vehicle firm. He led the creation of the Jamkash Vehicleades Group, a multi-crore enterprise, and a cable TV channel from scratch, establishing himself as a high entrepreneur in Jammu and Kashmir.
Rana started his political profession with the Nationwide Convention (NC), the place he rose to prominence as a key strategist and advisor, increasing the occasion’s base in Jammu as Provincial President.
As a trusted aide to Omar Abdullah, he performed a big function in shaping occasion methods in Jammu. In his debut bid for the Jammu and Kashmir Meeting, Rana contested from the Nagrota meeting phase — a BJP stronghold — and gained it for the NC, defeating the BJP’s Jugal Kishore Sharma, a three-time MP.
This victory underscored his skill to attach with a various voter base. He had beforehand served as an MLC and as NC’s Provincial President since 2009.
After the abrogation of Article 370, Rana turned a vocal advocate for the Jammu Declaration, calling for statehood restoration particularly for the Jammu area. His stance clashed with the Individuals’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration, a coalition looking for the restoration of Article 370 and statehood for your complete Jammu and Kashmir area.
In October 2021, after greater than twenty years with the NC, Rana resigned and joined the BJP. His deep roots within the Jammu area and shut connections with native communities made him a outstanding determine in J&Okay politics, notably for the BJP.
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