According to a press release issued here, Apni Party’s Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir presided over the condolence meeting held at the party’s Srinagar headquarters, while Party General Secretary Vijay Bakaya presided over the meeting in Jammu.

The press release reads: “A condolence meeting was held under the leadership of Ghulam Hassan Mir to offer condolence to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the demise of his beloved mother Heeraben Modi, who passed away today at UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad. The leaders, in the meeting, expressed their grief and sorrow over the demise of Prime Minister Modi’s mother and offered their deepest condolences to the Prime Minister and other members of the bereaved family. The participants of the meeting offered special prayers for the departed soul.”

Meanwhile, another condolence meeting was held at Apni Party’s Jammu office soon after the news about the death of the Prime Minister’s mother came.

According to the press note, Party General Secretary Vijay Bakaya presided over the meeting which was attended by the party’s senior leaders from Jammu province.

“The participants of the meeting conducted prayers for the peace of the departed soul and prayed for the much-needed patience to the bereaved to bear the pain of this irreparable loss. The leaders extended their condolences to the Prime Minister and other members of his family over the loss”, the press note reads.(KNS)