JAMMU,Nov 04:Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi has deeply condoled the sad demise of Former Deputy Chief Minister and veteran leader Pt. Mangat Ram Sharma.         

In her condolence message, Smt Gandhi recalled the long association of the Pt. Mangat Ram Sharma with the party and his services to the people of the state in different capacities . She conveyed her heartfelt condolences to the family and prayed for peace to the departed soul.        

AICC vice president Sh. Rahul Gandhi has also deeply condoled the sad demise of veteran leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Pt. Mangat Ram Sharma and remembered his services to the Congress party and people of the State, during his entire public life.

In a condolence message, Sh. Rahul Gandhi conveyed heartfelt condolences to the family and prayed for peace to the departed soul.

AICC general Secretary Incharge J&K affair Smt. Ambika Soni has expressed deep shock over the sad demise of Pt. Mangat Ram Sharma, Former DY CM and veteran Congress Leader and described her death as great loss to people of the State.         

She described him a messiah of poor and downtrodden who served the party and people in different capacities during his long political career. She said that he remained committed to the ideals of secularism, socialism, unity and brotherhood.  She conveyed deep sympathies to the family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul.