Rajkot, June 13 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala on Friday expressed grief on the death of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani who was killed in the AI-171 plane crash in Ahmedabad and stated that Rupani was a man with no enemies who stayed away from politics.

"He actively did a lot of work for the people... He was a man with no enemies who stayed away from controversial politics...This is a tragic incident. Our former Gujarat CM, Vijay Bhai Rupani, was on the same plane..." Vala told ANI.

Former Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani, was among the 241 passengers who were in the ill-fated Boeing 787-8, Air India flight 171 that crashed seconds after take-off and crashed into a r...