New Delhi: N.K.P. Salve, a former union minister and Congress veteran who worked with Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi and headed the Indian cricket board, died here early Sunday. He was 91.
The Maharashtra govt has announced a state funeral for Salve which will take place on Monday.
Salve was a minister of state (information and broadcasting) in 1982-83, an independent minister of state in charge of steel and mines in 1983-84, and minister of state for parliamentary affairs in 1984. He served the center with distinction in various capacities. Associated with the Congress for over 60 years, Salve, born in Chhindwara in Madhya Pradesh March 18, 1921, was a cricketer at heart. Salve served as a cabinet minister from January 1993 to May 1996. During his tenure he pioneered the participation of private investors in the power sector.He became president of the Vidarbha Cricket Association, one of the affiliates of the Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India, from 1967 to 1977. In 1982, he was elected BCCI president. He held the post till 1985. (IANS)
