New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Uday Soni, the husband of senior Congress leader Ambika Soni, passed away on Saturday.

Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, party MPs Kumari Selja and Ranjeet Ranjan, along with several other dignitaries went to the Lodi Road Cremation Ground in New Delhi to pay their respects to the former Indian Foreign Service officer.

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge also expressed his grief in a social media post, saying, "Saddened to learn about the passing of Shri Uday Soni Ji, husband of senior Congress leader and CWC member Smt. Ambika Soni Ji."

"My deepest condolences to Ambika Ji and her family in this moment of grief. In this hour of grief, my thoughts are with them," he added.

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