Karunakaran a voice of secularism: Sonia

NEW DELHI - Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday expressed deep sorrow on the death of senior Congress leader K. Karunakaran and described him as a national leader who was the voice of secularism and national integrity.

In her condolence message, Gandhi said that in his death, the Congress party has lost a great leader whose absence will be deeply felt by all Congressmen across the country.

The party has lost not only a great leader from Kerala but also a national leader who was a voice of secularism and national integrity, she said.

Karunakaran died at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram Thursday.