The death of two Haryana ministers -- O P Jindal and Surendera Singh -- on Thursday afternoon in a chopper crash has stunned Delhi.
Senior Congress leader Motilal Vora said the state and the party has lost two popular representatives of the people.
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"I was stunned after hearing the news. I knew Jindal for years as an industrialist as well as a popular public figure. We are extremely shocked and grieved over the death of the two leaders," he said.
Vora, who is a former All India Congress Committee general secretary in-charge of Haryana, described Surender Singh, son of former Haryana chief minister Bansi Lal, as a young and able leader of the party.
He said Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is rushing to the accident site.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on a state visit to Mauritius, sent his condolence to the members of the bereaved
family.
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Bharatiya Janata Party chief Lal Kishenchand Advani in his message said: "I am shocked to learn about the tragic demise of Jindal, Singh and other passengers."
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