Patil's mortal remains kept at party office for last darshan

Mortal remains of senior Nationalist Congress Party leader and ex-Home Minister R R Patil are kept at the party office in Mumbai to enable common people and activists to pay their last respects.

A pall of gloom descended at the office where leaders cutting across the party lines offered floral tributes to the departed leader.

NCP leaders Praful Patel, Ajit Pawar, Jayant Patil and state unit chief Sunil Tatkare supervised the arrangements. Baramati member of Parliament Supriya Sule consoled the grief-stricken family of Patil.

Patil's body will be taken in ambulance to his native place of Anjani in Tasgaon taluka of Sangli district on Monday night, where he will be cremated with state honour on Tuesday afternoon.