Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka consoled Gadar’s family

Hyderabad (IANS). Top Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra consoled the family members of revolutionary lyricist Gadar, who died last month.

After the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting ended on Sunday, Gandhi family members met Gadar’s wife, daughter and other family members and consoled them.

Telangana Congress said Gaddar’s family members were invited to the hotel by Sonia Gandhi. The former Congress president recalled Gadar’s struggle for the rights of the people.

Gadar died on August 6 after a brief illness. He was 74 years old.

Sonia Gandhi had last month sent a letter to Gaddar’s wife Vimala Rao expressing her heartfelt condolences.

Songs praising Sonia Gandhi for the formation of Telangana state were played during a meeting organized by the Congress party in Tukkuguda on the outskirts of Hyderabad on Sunday night.

The poet and singer’s last major public appearance was in Khammam on July 2, when he hugged Rahul Gandhi at a Congress party meeting.