Former External Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh passes away

New Delhi [India], August 11 (ANI): Former External Affairs Minister and Congress leader K Natwar Singh passed away on Saturday night at the age of 93.

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Randeep Singh Surjewala confirmed Singh’s demise, saying, “The news of the demise of former Foreign Minister Natwar Singh ji is sad.”

“May God give strength to his family to bear this loss and grant peace to the departed soul,” Surjewala said in a post on X.

Singh had a distinguished career in diplomacy and politics, serving as the External Affairs Minister from 2004 to 2005 in the Cabinet of former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh of the UPA government.

Singh was also awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1984.