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Sailo, Kyndiah death: Mizoram govt announces 3-day mourning

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Aizawl:Mizoram government on Friday declared half-holiday and a three-day mourning to mourn the deaths of former state chief minister Brig Thenphunga Sailo (93) and former state governor Paty Ripple Kyndiah (87).
Lalmalsawma said that the national flags would be flown at half mast and no official entertainment would be organised during the  mourning period.
Official obituaries would also be issued on the deaths of the two leaders, he said. When asked whether Sailo would be accorded a state funeral with full honours, the chief secretary said that no such proposals have been received so far.
Former underground Mizo National Front (MNF) leader and first state chief minister Laldenga, who died on July 7, 1990 was the only Mizo leader to be accorded a state funeral. Sailo died of heart failure at the New Life Hospital in Aizawl yesterday morning while Kyndiahdied in Shillong on Thursday night. (PTI)

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