Union rural development minister Gopinath Munde died after he met with a road accident near Moti Bagh area in New Delhi at 6.30 am. He was rushed to AIIMS by his driver and assistant but could not be revived according to official reports from hospital officials. 

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His loss comes across as a huge blow, as he was one of the most prominent BJP leader from Maharashtra. He was recently given the cabinet post of Minister of Rural Development, Water and Sanitation. 

Celebrities have expressed their condolences for the late union minister on twitter:

Riteish Deshmukh:

Mahesh Bhatt: 

Kirron Kher:

Shatrughan Sinha:

Asha Bhosle:

Satish Kaushik:

Javed Akhtar:

Subash Ghai:

Madhur Bhandarkar:

Ronnie Screwvala:

Pritish Nandy:

Atul Kulkarni:

Manoj Bajpayee:

Gul Panag:

Aftab Shivdasani:

Rohit Roy:

Kailash Kher:

Arshad Warsi:

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