Latur, Dec. 13 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday remembered the former Union Minister Shivraj Patil as he paid final respects to him at his last rites ceremony.

Congress chief said that he worked with great precision and attention to detail throughout his political career.

"We have come to Latur especially to pay our respects. We have had a long association with Shivraj Patil. As a senior leader, we always held him in high regard. He was a leader who worked with great attention to detail," he said.

Congress President Kharge emphasised that Patil has a very clean image in politics, which is extremely rare, calling him "a special person".

Shivraj Patil's last rites were performed with state honours in Latur. He breath...