India, Aug. 4 -- Remembering former Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren as a mass leader, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was pained at his death on Monday.

He said, in a post on X, that Shibu Soren, a former union minister, was "a grassroots leader who rose through the ranks of public life with unwavering dedication to the people".

"He was particularly passionate about empowering tribal communities, the poor and downtrodden," Modi's post further said.

Shibu Soren, 81, was on ventilator support for over a month while receiving treatment at Delhi's Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. He was hospitalised in the last week of June with a kidney-related issue.

The news of his death was shared by his son Hemant Soren, who is chief minister of Jha...