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Sikkim Lok Sabha MP Prem Das
Rai and Rajya Sabha MP Hishey Lachungpa mourned the demise of sitting Nagaland
Rajya Sabha MP Khekiho Zhimomi. Zhimomi was admitted at the All India Institute
of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for the past few days and died this morning after
suffering a stroke.
The Sikkim parliamentarians
visited AIIMS to pay their respects to the departed leader by offering the
traditional Khadas. They also participated in the prayer service conducted by a
Naga pastor for the deceased leader.
The service was also attended
by former Chief Minister and sitting Nagaland Lok Sabha member Neiphiu Rio,
Government of India's Special Interlocutor for the Naga peace talks Ravindra
Narayan Ravi and members of the Naga community in Delhi. Zhimomi was a staunch
supporter of the recently inked Naga Peace Accord.
Zhimomi was a Rajya Sabha
member for two terms - from July 2008 to April 2010 and from April 2010 till
his demise today. He served as the member of Nagaland Legislative Assembly for
three times. He also served as the Cabinet Minister of Industry, Commerce,
Mining and Border Affairs in the Government of Nagaland.
As a mark of respect to the
passing away of a sitting member, the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day. In
the obituary reference, Rajya Sabha Chairman M Hamid Ansari described Zhimomi
as an "active social worker who strived for the upliftment of weaker and
downtrodden sections of society".
Zhimomi is survived by his
wife, two sons and seven daughters.
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