Bengaluru, July 14 -- Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Karnataka Minister Ramachandra Gowda passed away at the age of 88 at a private hospital in Bengaluru on Tuesday.

Senior party leaders remembered his decades-long contribution to the party's growth and organisation in the state.

Union Minister of State Shobha Karandlaje expressed grief over his demise and described him as a veteran BJP leader who dedicated his entire life to the nationalist movement.

In a post on X, Karandlaje wrote, "Deeply saddened by the passing of Shri Ramachandra Gowda Ji, a veteran BJP leader who dedicated his entire life to the nationalist movement from Bharatiya Jana Sangh to the BJP. He travelled extensively across Karnataka to strengt...