The first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Ajit Jogipassed away on Friday. The announcement of his demise was made by his son AmitJogi who took to Twitter at 3:35 pm and in a post said, "Not only me butChhattisgarh has lost his father. His funeral will take place tomorrow in hisnative land Gorela."

Earlier on Friday, 74-year-old Ajit Jogi suffered twocardiac arrests after which doctors termed his health as "extremelycritical". Jogi had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital inRaipur since suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in the state capital ofChhattisgarh on May 9.

Ajit Jogi has served as the first Chief Minister of the state of Chhattisgarh from November 2000 to November 2003. He parted ways with the Congress in 2016 and went on to form the Janata Congress Chhattisgarh (J).

Prior to his stint in politics, Ajit Jogi was selected for the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He served as a district collector of Indore in Madhya Pradesh between 1981 and 1985. Before he took office as the first CM of Chhattisgarh in November 2000, Ajit Jogi served as a Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) from Madhya Pradesh.