Rahul Gandhi condoles death of Venugopal’s mother; visits bereaved family

Kannur, November 12

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited the family home of party general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP K C Venugopal whose mother succumbed to COVID-19.

Gandhi, who reached the Kannur Airport here by a special flight, met Venugopal and rest of the family members and paid his respects to K C Janaki (83).

Janaki died due to the coronavirus infection on November 11 and her funeral was held yesterday as per COVID-19 health protocol.

Family sources said Janaki was admitted to the hospital on October 17.

Gandhi spent around an hour with the family and left for Delhi at around 1 pm, sources added. PTI