Karni Sena founder Lokendra Singh Kalvi dies in Rajasthan
Rajput leader and Karni Sena founder Lokendra Singh Kalvi passed away at a state-run hospital in Jaipur on Tuesday (March 14).
Family sources said he suffered a cardiac arrest late in the night and breathed his last. Kalvi was admitted to the Sawai Man Singh Hospital for the past few days.
Rajput Karni Sena founder Lokendra Singh Kalvi passed away last night at Jaipur's Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital. He was undergoing treatment in the hospital since June 2022 after suffering from a brain stroke: Dr Achal Sharma, Superintendent, SMS Hospital
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His funeral will be held at his ancestral village in Nagaur district’s Kalvi village later in the day, the sources added.
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The son of former Union minister Kalyan Singh Kalvi, Lokendra Singh Kalvi was the patron of Shree Rajput Karni Sena, which had led the 2018 protests against Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s film “Padmaavat” for alleged distortion of historical facts.
He had also been a national-level basketball player.
(With inputs from agencies)