Sonia Gandhi Condoles Demise Of Congress Candidate In Tamil Nadu Polls

New Delhi:

Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday condoled the loss of life of PS W Madhava Rao, the party’s meeting polls candidate from Srivilliputhur constituency in Tamil Nadu who died because of COVID-19 headaches, and praised his determination and loyalty to the party.

In a letter to Rao’s daughter Dhivya Rao, Sonia Gandhi stated she used to be deeply surprised and saddened to be informed of the passing away of a devoted and dependable Congress chief after having fallen sufferer to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Madhava Rao used to be 63 years outdated and is survived through his daughter. He died at a personal clinic in Madurai the place he used to be admitted on March 20 for remedy, his son-in-law Ok Rajiv instructed information company PTI.

“A low profile and a hard-working Congressman, Madhava Rao, used to be our party’s candidate from the reserved meeting constituency of Srivilliputhur within the simply concluded meeting polls,” Sonia Gandhi stated in her letter to his daughter.

“Regardless of his hospitalisation in the course of the marketing campaign, you had taken upon your self the accountability to marketing campaign for him so difficult and garnered strengthen from each and every phase of the society that we weren’t most effective anticipating Madhava Rao to come back out of the clinic safely quickly but in addition pop out victorious within the election on 2d Might,” Ms Gandhi stated.

However the merciless destiny had one thing else in retailer and feature all been left bereaved, the Congress leader stated.

“My middle is going out to you and your circle of relatives and all the Congress party stands with you all on this hour of grief. His provider to the Congress party could be remembered,” she stated.

Whilst polls had been hung on April 6, the counting of votes is scheduled on Might 2 and in case the Congress nominee emerged victorious, Srivilliputhur section would face a bypoll later.