<span style="color: #222222;">Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has offered condolence for the death of famous comedian Raju Shrivastava who was also chairman of Uttar Pradesh film Vikas Parishad.<br />''<br />'' Comedy lovers and particularly people of the Kanpur city where Raju Shrivastava was born,  plunged into grief after the news of the demise of the famous comedian. <br />''<br />''Born in Kidwai Nagar area of Kanpur city, stand-up comedian Raju entered politics in 2014 Lok sabha elections when he was offered a ticket by the Samajwadi party from Kanpur constituency but just a few days before the elections, he returned the ticket.  <br />''<br />''Later he joined BJP. Many functionaries of the Bhartiya Janata Party have expressed sorrow for the death of Raju Srivastava.</span><br />