raipur chhattisgarh governor balram das tandon passed away on tuesday noon few hours after he was admitted at dr br ambedkar hospital in raipur the 91yearold governor suffered a heart attack and he wasnt keeping well for past few days officials said chhattisgarh government has announced a seven day long state mourning following the demise of governorhe was rushed to hospital on tuesday morning and was on life support system for few hourschief minsiter raman singh expressed his profound grief over the loss and issuing a condolance message he said governor balram das tandon breathed his last after serving the state for four years i feel like i have lost a parent forever as he was like father to me it is a personal loss to mesingh said that as a governor he was very much concerned about the development of state and he had been like a guide to me who would always suggest me initiatives to be taken in the favour citizens of chhattisgarh balram das tandon was appointed as governor of chhattisgarh on july 25 2014 he was extremely simple person a trait which is hardly found in politicstandon suffered heart attack around 8 am and was hospitalized at 9 and was put on ventilator amid tight security at the hospital team of doctors were pressed on service for his treatment but after few hours he breathed his last around 215 pmtandon had attended a dress rehearsal for independence day parade on mondayas a governor tandon had succeeded madhya pradesh governor ram naresh yadav who was appointed as acting governor of chhattisgarh after the resignation of shekhar dutt he was one of the founding members of jansangh and had held many political postins during his long career including as deputy chief minsiter of punjabborn on november 1 1927 tandon started his political career as corporator of amritsar municipal corporation in 1953 after graduating from punjab university in lahorein his 65 years of political career tandon was sixtime mla and state bjp president of punjab for two years he was very active socially and was an excellent sportperson in volleyball swimming kabaddi etche was recently in news in june when he decdied not to accept the raise in salary the centre had issued fresh guidelines on allowances to governors for tours hospitality entertainment and furnishingsthe governor has decided not to accept the revised salary and the arrears to be paid with effect from january 1 2016 chhattisgarh raj bhawan spokesperson had then said tandon had written a letter to the states accountant general ag expressing his desire to draw salary as per the old structurethe ag had given his consent that the governor would continue with the old salary of rs 110000there was no specific reason and the governor did not want the hike