Former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno Agitok Sangma passed away on Friday, according to media reports. He was 68. Sangma was rushed to Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was declared brought dead by doctors. The Lok Sabha was adjourned till March 8 as a mark of respect to Sangma.
“We deeply mourn the passing away of PA Sangma ji. I had learnt how to run Lok Sabha with a smile from him,” LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan said. Sangma was co-founder of the Nationalist Congress Party and remained chief minister of Meghalaya from 1988 to 1990.
