CM condoles death of Cong veteran Jaffer

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her deep grief on Sunday, over the passing away of veteran Congress leader and former Union minister C K Jaffer Sharief.

Banerjee remembered having met Sharief for the first time after she became an MP.

"Saddened at the passing away of very senior politician and former Union Minister CK Jaffer Sharief. He

had a special affection for me. Met him in my first term as

MP. My condolences to his family and his many admirers," Banerjee wrote on her Twitter handle.

Sharief passed away on Sunday at a private hospital in Bengaluru, following a cardiac arrest. He was 85 and is survived by two daughters.