Senior Congress leader CK Jaffer Sharief passes away aged 85
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister CK Jaffer Sharief passed away in a hospital in Bengaluru on Sunday at the age of 85. Sharief, who served as Union Railway Minister from 1991 to 1995, was hospitalised after he collapsed while getting into his car for Friday namaz. "It is a day of tragedy for Congress," President Rahul Gandhi tweeted.