Leaders across party lines and presiding officers of both the Houses in Parliament Thursday paid tributes to former parliamentary affairs minister and BJP leader Ananth Kumar.
Kumar passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru on November 12 after battling lung cancer for several months.
His family members were also present at the condolence meet at the Constitution Club here.
"I can't even think I would have to come to his condolence meet," a teary-eyed BJP patriarch L K Advani said.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said though she was only a few years elder to Kumar, he "used to call me Maa.''
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