He was from the first generation of leaders from the Jan Sangh to lay the groundwork for what became the BJP later.

BENGALURU: Senior BJP leader and former Karnataka minister Ramachandra Gowda passed away at the age of 88 at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

He was from the first generation of leaders from the Jan Sangh to lay the groundwork for what became the BJP later.

Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ramachandra Gowda passed away at eighty-eight years old. Senior party leaders remembered his decades-long contribution to the party's growth.…