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Former union minister and senior Congress leader CK Jaffer Sharief dies at 85 | | | Agencies Bengaluru: Former union minister and senior Congress leader CK Jaffer Sharief died on Sunday at a hospital in Karnataka's Bengaluru. He was 85 years old.
Sharief was reportedly admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Fortis Hospital on Cunningham Road. He was hospitalised after he collapsed while getting into the car for Friday namaz.Karnataka Congress president Dinesh Gundu Rao expressed his condolences following the demise of the senior Congress leader.Taking to Twitter, Rao said, "One of @INCIndia's senior most leaders, many times MP and one of India’s most successful Railway minister, Karnataka's very own son Sri CK Jaffer Shareef has passed away. A national leader who had a great connect across all communities, a truly secular leader. My condolences."
Meanwhile, a three-day mourning has been declared by the Karnataka government after the death of former union minister MH Ambareesh. The actor-turned-politician died at a private hospital on Saturday night following a cardiac arrest. |
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