Bengaluru: Rakesh Siddaramaiah (39), son of Karnataka Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah died at a hospital in Brussels on Saturday. He was the eldest of two brothers. According to family sources, he died due to multiple organ failure after a brief illness.
Rakesh was touring Europe and suddenly fell ill in Brussels, last week. He was immediately admitted to a hospital there. Siddaramaiah, his wife Parvathi, Rakesh's wife and his brother rushed to Brussels two days ago after they were informed about his illness.
Rakesh was Siddaramaiah's political heir apparent and quiet active in politics. He had declared that he was going to contest in the next Assembly election due in 2018.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instructed Indian embassy in Belgium to extend all help to Siddaramaiah's family to bring Rakesh's dead body back home. He also took to Twitter to express his condolences to the Siddaramaiah family.
"My thoughts are with Siddaramaiah ji & his family on the demise of his son. May God give the family strength to bear the irreparable loss," he tweeted.
My thoughts are with Siddaramaiah ji & his family on the demise of his son. May God give the family strength to bear the irreparable loss.— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 30, 2016
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