INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
File photo of his mother Sulochana Subrahmanyam tweeted by EAM Dr S Jaishankar (Picture Courtesy: Twitter @DrSJaishankar)External Affairs
Minister Dr S Jaishankar took to Twitter on Saturday to announce the demise of his mother Sulochana Subrahmanyam."Deeply grieved to inform
of the passing away today of my mother Sulochana Subrahmanyam
We ask her friends and well-wishers to keep her in their thoughts
Our family is especially grateful to all those who supported her during her illness," he said in a tweet.The minister also shared a picture
of his mother who was in her 80s at the time of her demise on September 19.The late Sulochana Subrahmanyam is survived by her sons-
Jaishankar, S Vijay Kumar and Sanjay Subrahmanyam
While S Vijay Kumar is a former IAS officer, Sanjay Subrahmanyam is a noted Indian historian and Dr Jaishankar is India's External Affairs
Minister.Union ministers Kiren Rijiju, Dharmendra Pradhan and Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi along with BJP leaders Ram Madhav and Swatantra Dev Singh
expressed their condolences on Twitter along with Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant and actor Riteish Deshmukh among others.K Subrahmanyam, Dr
Jaishankar's father was a widely respected strategic affairs expert who was also known as the architect of India's nuclear doctrine
He passed away in 2011.(With inputs from PTI)
