Congress's Ex-Servicemen Department Chief Ved Prakash Dies. He Was 85
National chairman of the Congress' ex-servicemen department Major (retd) Ved Prakash passed away on Saturday. He was 85. Mr Prakash, a regular attendee at the party's press conferences at the All India Congress Committee headquarters, was known for being a staunch Congress loyalist. His son Vipul Prakash said, "My father suddenly collapsed at the Congress headquarters at around one o'clock this afternoon and suffered a head injury. He was taken to the hospital but he had passed away." He said Ved Prakash turned 85 on Friday. "My father's heart used to beat for the Congress and he was so attached to the party that even at this age, he used to visit the Congress headquarters every day," Vipul Prakash said. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said, "I am deeply pained by the demise of Major Ved Prakash ji, who was associated with the Congress party for decades and played an important role in the ex-servicemen department." After servin...