Udupi, Sep 8: Members of Udupi district Mahila Congress expressed deep condolences on the death of well known journalist, writer and editor, Gouri Lankesh who was shot dead by miscreants. A condolence meet was held at Congress Bhavan in Brahmagiri on Thursday.

Rajya sabha member Oscar Fernandes spoke on the occasion and said, 'The nation lost a good personality, rational writer and a critic. She was a strong woman who fought for human rights. She made a mark at the national level. Let her soul rest in peace. I hope the culprits are booked and action is taken against them.”

Jyothi Hebbar, vice-president, district Mahila Congress said that Indian women has still not become free yet. She said that life of Indian women is in difficulty. "It is the biggest tragedy that we have lost right to express ones opinion," she opined.

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