PM and Sonia condole death

Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday condoled the death of veteran journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, saying the void created by his passing away would be hard to fulfil. 

Remembering him as "an intellectual, historian and thinker", Gandhi said the void created by his passing away would be hard to fulfil, for he espoused a brand of mature, balanced and unwavering journalism that's gradually hard to find. She also expressed solidarity with family and friends of Padgaonkar. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi condoled the death of noted journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, saying he was a leading public thinker whose contribution to journalism will always be remembered. “Mr. Dileep Padgaonkar was a leading public thinker whose contribution to journalism will always be remembered. Pained by his demise. RIP,” Modi tweeted.