<span style="color: #222222;">Former Railway Minister CK Jaffer Sharief passed away at a hospital in Bengaluru this morning. He was 85. Sharief was admitted to the hospital a few days ago after he collapsed while getting into his car for Friday namaz. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee President Dinesh Gundu Rao said, Mr Sharief was one of the senior most leaders and an MP number of times.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed grief at the demise. In his condolence message, Mr Modi said, Mr Sharief enriched parliamentary proceedings as a veteran Parliamentarian and was an effective voice for Karnataka's aspirations.</span><br />