PM Modi condoles death of Oscar Fernandes

New Delhi, September 13 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed anguish at the death of veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Oscar Fernandes. Fernandes died at a private hospital in Karnataka. He was 80. “Saddened by the demise...

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Updated At : 10:20 PM Sep 13, 2021 IST

New Delhi, September 13

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed anguish at the death of veteran Congress leader and former Union minister Oscar Fernandes.

Fernandes died at a private hospital in Karnataka. He was 80.

“Saddened by the demise of Rajya Sabha MP Shri Oscar Fernandes Ji. In this sad hour, my thoughts and prayers are with his family and well-wishers. May his soul rest in peace,” the prime minister said. —PTI

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