Piyush Goyal's mother Chandrakanta Goyal dies at 88
Mother of Union Minister Piyush Goyal, Chandrakanta Goyal has passed away at the age of 88. Chandrakanta was herself a former BJP leader and 3-time MLA from Matunga in Mumbai.
"My revered mother, who always guided me with her love and affection, has passed away this morning. She spent her entire life serving and also inspired us to spend our lives to serve. May God grant her place at his feet. Om Shanti," Goyal said in the tweet.
Chandrakanta Goyal, a 3-time MLA from Matunga in Mumbai, was the widow of senior BJP leader, the late Ved Prakash Goyal, who was the shipping minister in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet.
The Goyal family has long been associated with the Jan Sangh and the BJP, and their son Piyush is a Railway Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
