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Sonia Gandhi,Rahul Gandhi mourn Dileep Padgaonkar's death

| | Nov 26, 2016, at 12:18 am
New Delhi, Nov 25 (IBNS): Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Friday mourned the death of senior journalist Dileep Padgaonkar.

Congress tweeted quoting Sonia Gandhi: "Smt Gandhi prayed for peace for the departed soul & expressed her solidarity with family & friends of Shri Padgaonkar in this hour of grief."

Condoling the death of the veteran journalist, the official Twitter page of Rahul Gandhi said: "One of the finest journalists of our times,Mr Dileep Padgaonkar set a high bar.He wrote with courage&great empathy. His voice will be missed."

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