<p>Jammu: Senior Congress leader Shadi Lal Pandita died in a road accident while returning from a function attended by party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in Jammu on Thursday evening.</p>.<p>The accident occurred near Sidhra as Pandita was returning to Jagti migrant township. He was fatally crushed by a truck, officials said.</p>.Had some states given 25 seats to Congress, Rahul Gandhi would have become PM: Mallikarjun Kharge.<p>Pandita, the vice chairman of the Kashmiri Migrant Cell, was a dedicated Congress leader and a prominent advocate for the cause of Kashmiri migrants.</p>.<p>"He remained associated with the party from his days in the Youth Congress," said JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma.</p>.<p>The Congress party's leadership expressed deep shock over his demise and extended heartfelt condolences to his family. Congress national general secretary Gulam Ahmed Mir, AICC in-charge Bharat Sinh Solanki, J&K Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra, party working presidents Tara Chand and Raman Bhalla, former minister Yogesh Sawhney, and PCC Migrant Cell chairman H L Pandita, along with Kamal Fotedar, mourned the loss of the leader.</p>
<p>Jammu: Senior Congress leader Shadi Lal Pandita died in a road accident while returning from a function attended by party president Mallikarjun Kharge and Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi in Jammu on Thursday evening.</p>.<p>The accident occurred near Sidhra as Pandita was returning to Jagti migrant township. He was fatally crushed by a truck, officials said.</p>.Had some states given 25 seats to Congress, Rahul Gandhi would have become PM: Mallikarjun Kharge.<p>Pandita, the vice chairman of the Kashmiri Migrant Cell, was a dedicated Congress leader and a prominent advocate for the cause of Kashmiri migrants.</p>.<p>"He remained associated with the party from his days in the Youth Congress," said JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma.</p>.<p>The Congress party's leadership expressed deep shock over his demise and extended heartfelt condolences to his family. Congress national general secretary Gulam Ahmed Mir, AICC in-charge Bharat Sinh Solanki, J&K Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra, party working presidents Tara Chand and Raman Bhalla, former minister Yogesh Sawhney, and PCC Migrant Cell chairman H L Pandita, along with Kamal Fotedar, mourned the loss of the leader.</p>