This Article is From Dec 11, 2015

BJP Chief Amit Shah To Inaugurate Gopinath Munde Memorial Tomorrow

BJP Chief Amit Shah To Inaugurate Gopinath Munde Memorial Tomorrow

A 20-feet tall statue of Gopinath Munde will be unveiled on this occasion at the memorial, called 'Gopinath Gad'.

Mumbai: A memorial of senior BJP leader Gopinath Munde, developed on 18 acres of land at Parli in Beed district, will be inaugurated tomorrow by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis in presence of BJP chief Amit Shah, on the occasion of the late Union Minister's birth anniversary.

A 20-feet tall statue of Gopinath Munde will be unveiled on this occasion at the memorial, called 'Gopinath Gad', a BJP spokesperson told reporters in Mumbai today.

Work to develop the memorial in the premises of the Vaidyanath Cooperative Sugar Mill began after Gopinath Munde's demise in a road accident in Delhi on June 3 last year.

The memorial comprises Gopinath Munde's 'samadhi', called Lotus Temple. It is in the shape of a lotus and is 72 feet tall, with an imposing gate.

BJP state unit president Raosaheb Danve, ministers and senior party officials will attend the event.

Those attending include Assembly Speaker Haribhau Bagde, ministers Eknathrao Khadse, Sudhir Mungantiwar, Chandrakant Patil, Vinod Tawde, Prakash Mehta, Vishnu Savra, Girish Bapat, Girish Mahajan, Chandrashekhar Bawankule, Babanrao Lonikar, Rajkumar Badole of BJP and Eknath Shinde, Subhash Desai, Diwakar Raote, Ramdas Kadam and Deepak Sawant of Shiv Sena.

The event has been organised by Gopinath Munde's wife Pradnya and daughters Pankaja Munde (rural development minister), Preetam Munde (Lok Sabha member) and Yashashree Munde.
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