Gandhinagar sources have stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took out time from this busy schedule to meet former Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel and express his condolences over the death of the latter's son. According to sources Modi reached Patel's residence on Thursday before attending the ground breaking ceremony of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed rail project near Sabarmati railway station in Ahmedabad with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
According to Sources Keshubhai's 60 year old son Pravin Patel, who was settled in the US, died of cardiac arrest on 9 September. Meanwhile Modi tweeted after meeting Keshubhai at his residence "Met Shri Keshubhai Patel at his residence and offered his condolences on the unfortunate demise of his son, Pravin Patel".
Moreover the prime minister also tweeted a picture where is seen offering
flowers at the photo of Pravin Patel. BJP president Amit Shah and Union finance minister Arun Jaitley had also
visited Keshubhai Patel's residence few days back to condole his son's death.
