Junagadh: Prime Minister Narendrabhai Modi today spoke to late former minister Hemaben Acharya’s son over a phone call to condole passing away of Hemaben who was a veteran Jan Sangh and BJP leader along with her late husband Suryakant Acharya.

Hemaben(91) was the first woman minister of first non Congress Janata Morcha government in Gujarat. She was Health minister of Gujarat in later part of 1970s. She represented Junagadh (Vidhan Sabha constituency) then. She passed away earlier today. DeshGujarat