New Delhi, Oct 27: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today expressed grief at the death of veteran trade union leader and former union petroleum minister Vazhapadi K Ramamurthy in Chennai. In a condolence message, Vajpayee said that Ramamurthy had "worked hard throughout his life towards ameliorating the condition of the working class and made significant contributions in the trade union movement as also in other nation-building activities".
Ramamurthy was also "an able administrator and social worker who will be missed by all," the Prime Minister said. Bureau Report