Agencies
New Delhi, November 12:
The national flag will fly at half-mast throughout the country on Monday as a mark of respect to Union Minister Ananth Kumar, who passed away in the early hours, the Home Ministry announced.
The Central government will also accord a state funeral to the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister.
“Following the unfortunate demise of Union Minister Ananth Kumar, it has been decided that the national flag will fly at half-mast throughout the country on Monday and a state funeral will be accorded,” a Home Ministry spokesperson said.
Kumar died at a private hospital in Bengaluru in the early hours of Monday after battling lung cancer for several months.
A six-time MP, Kumar was in the inner circle of the central leadership of the BJP–be it during the heydays of Atal Bihari Vajpayee or LK Advani and now Narendra Modi.
