Bengaluru, May 10 -- State Government announces three-day mourning; last rites tomorrow

Senior Congress leader and Minister for Planning and Statistics D. Sudhakar passed away in the early hours of this morning at Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hospital in Electronic City here after a prolonged illness. He was 66. Sudhakar is survived by his wife Harshini, son Suhas and daughter Spoorthi.

Hospital authorities confirmed that Sudhakar was declared dead at around 3.15 am. He had been undergoing treatment for several weeks after being shifted from Manipal Hospital on life support, following severe post-surgical complications.

Doctors at KIMS, Bengaluru, said he was on extracorporeal life support due to critical lung failure a...