Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid his last respects to Union Minister and LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan at the latter's residence on Friday.
The LJP leader passed away yesterday. Paswan, one of the most prominent Dalit leaders of the country who had been a part of several governments headed by rival parties, died on Thursday at the age of 74.
The Lok Janshakti Party founder and Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution was admitted to a private hospital in Delhi for several weeks and had recently undergone a heart operation.
His condition deteriorated over the past 24 hours and he breathed his last at 6.05 pm on Thursday, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute said in a statement.