Shanmugham condoles Scindia's death

By Our Staff Reporter

PONDICHERRY, OCT. 1. The death of the former Union Minister, Mr. Madhavrao Scindia, has caused an irreparable loss to the Congress, the Chief Minister, Mr. P. Shanmugham, has said.

``He was an astute politician, talented statesman and a good guide who stood through thick and thin with the party leadership,'' he recalled.

A condolence meeting was held in the party office here in which the Education Minister, Mr. A.V. Subramanian, the general secretary of the PCC, Mr. Vinayakamoorthy, and the former Education Minister, Mr. A. Gandhiraj, paid their homage to the late leader.

PMC expresses grief

Mr. K. Laksminarayanan, MLA and president of Puduchery Makkal Congress, expressed his grief over the tragic end of Madhavrao Scindia.

A dedicated party man Scindia had discharged his duties as a disciplined volunteer extending full allegiance to the party leadership. The sudden demise was a big loss to the nation, the Congress and the AICC president, he said.

Mr. Lakshminarayanan also expressed condoled the death of the journalists who met with the tragic disaster.

The PMC leader conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families of the journalists.

`Dedicated leader'

The president of Pondicherry unit of the Janata Dal (Secular), Mr. E. Ganesan, expressed his sorrow over the tragic death of Madhavrao Scindia on Sunday.

He referred to the dedicated services of Scindia for the cause of the people.

Our Cuddalore Staff Reporter reports:

The Cuddalore Press Club has condoled the death of journalists who were killed in the plane crash in Manipuri district of Uttar Pradesh.

The Club has expressed its condolences to the bereaved family members of Ms. Anju Sharma (Hindustan Times), Mr. Sanjeev Sinha (Indian Express), Mr. Ranjan Jha and Mr. Gopal Bisht (Aaj Tak).

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