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Leaders including PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi, Others Express Grief Over Death Of CDS Rawat

Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat lost his life in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor on Wednesday.

New Delhi: Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika, and 11 other people on board an Indian Air Force helicopter died in a crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, the Indian Air Force said. тАЬGen Bipin Rawat, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) was on a visit to Defence Services Staff College, Wellington (Nilgiri Hills) to address the faculty and student officers of the Staff Course today,тАЭ it said. The last rites of General Rawat will be performed in New Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his condolences for General Bipin Rawat. “I am deeply anguished by the helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu in which we have lost Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife, and other personnel of the Armed Forces. They served India with utmost diligence. My thoughts are with the bereaved families,” the Prime Minister tweeted.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that Gen Rawat “was one of the bravest soldiers, who has served the motherland with utmost devotion.”

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that “this is an unprecedented tragedy..” and that “Indian stands united in this grief.”

Expressing “shock and anguish” over the passing of Gen Rawat, President Kovind said that the CDS’s “four decades of selfless service to the motherland was marked by exceptional gallantry and heroism. My condolences to his family.”

Reacting to his passing, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh took to Twitter to share his condolences.

“Deeply anguished by the sudden demise of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 other Armed Forces personnel in an extremely unfortunate helicopter accident today in Tamil Nadu. His untimely death is an irreparable loss to our Armed Forces and the country.”

Tweeting in Hindi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minster Yogi Adityanath said that CDS Gen Rawat’s “demise is an irreparable loss to the nation”.

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