Veteran Congress leader RK Dhawan dies at 81

SRINAGAR, (PTK): Senior Congress leader Rajinder Kumar Dhawan passed away in the national capital on Monday. He was 81.

The former Rajya Sabha MP was a close aide of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. He started out as Gandhi’s personal assistant. He was with her from 1962, until the day she was assassinated in 1984.

Dhawan was also a part of the former PM’s innermost circle during the Emergency years (1975-77). Along with Ambika Soni and Kamal Nath, Dhawan was among the key characters of that period.

Dhawan got married to Achla on July 16, 2012. (PTK)