Ananth Kumar remembered at condolence meet in Delhi

BJP leader Ananth Kumar who passed away last month was fondly remembered on Thursday, with Vice President Venkaiah Naidu recalling him as his younger brother at a condolence meeting on Thursday at the Constitution Club here.

The condolence meeting was attended by most of the Union ministers and top BJP leaders including party president Amit Shah.

Naidu said it is difficult to imagine and reconcile the sad demise of dynamic Kumar.

"He was like my younger brother and always took my guidance. He was an ideal grassroots worker, ideal politician, ideal parliamentarian and an ideal friend," Naidu said.

Kumar died at a private hospital in Bengaluru after battling lung cancer for several months, in the early hours of November 12.

Former deputy prime minister and veteran BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani in an emotional remembrance said, "I get opportunity to participate in the condolence meetings but I could not think that I will have to participate in the condolence meeting of Ananth ji. I was very much grieved to listen about his death."
Union External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj remembered Kumar as calling her as mother