Manmohan Singh's demise: Congress' Belagavi convention cancelled
Photos of Mahatma Gandhi put up at the venue of Congress's convention as the party marks the 100th anniversary of its Belgaum session that was presided over by Gandhi, in Belagavi, Karnataka, Thursday, December 26. PTI
Belagavi (Karnataka), Dec 26 (PTI) The Congress convention here in Belagavi has been cancelled following the demise of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said on Thursday.
The convention was organised to commemorate the centenary of the lone Congress convention in Belagavi, which was chaired by Mahatma Gandhi in December 26 and 27 in 1924.
"We are cancelling for now the grand convention here titled 'Jai Gandhi, Jai Bhim, Jai Samvidhan'," Shivakumar, who is also the Congress Karnataka unit chief, told reporters here.
There will be a condolence meeting on Friday at the venue, he added.
Shivakumar said the government has already announced a holiday on Friday and seven days' mourning in the state.
Manmohan Singh, the architect of India's economic reforms, died in New Delhi on Thursday night. He was 92.
Singh's death was announced by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, where he was admitted in the Emergency ward around 8.30 PM in a critical condition. PTI