Veteran Cong leader Makhan Lal Fotedar passes away aged 85
Veteran Congress leader and close confidant of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, Makhan Lal Fotedar, passed away at a Gurugram hospital on Thursday at the age of 85. Fotedar, who hailed from Kashmir, served as Rajiv Gandhi's political secretary for three years after the death of Indira Gandhi, following which he became a Cabinet minister.