Srinagar: Cutting across political lines, a host of leaders on Wednesday visited the family of National Conference leader and former minister Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamal, who passed away a day earlier after prolonged illness.
Kamal, the younger brother of National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah, and uncle of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, died at a private hospital here on Tuesday evening and was later laid to rest at a graveyard in Sonwar area of the city.
While the Abdullahs arrived at Kamal’s residence near the M A Road here in the morning, a host of other leaders also visited the residence and expressed condolences to the family.
Leaders from other political parties, cutting across ideological lines, also visited to express their sympathies.
BJP leader and MLA from Jammu’s Bahu assembly constituency Vikram Randhawa, PDP MLA Aga Muntazir, senior leaders of Apni Party Rafi Mir and Dilawar Mir, former Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Saifuddin Soz and People’s Democratic Front (PDF) president Hakeem Yaseen were among those who paid a condolence visit.
Senior NC leaders, including ministers, MPs and MLAs also visited the family.
Mufti Nasir-ul-Islam also visited Kamal’s residence to express his condolences.
