The former Congress leader had a complex relationship with the party. While he enjoyed a close rapport with ex-Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, he had a fallout with Sonia Gandhi after facing charges of wrongoing during his tenure in the UPA-I Cabinet.

Former External Affairs Minister K. Natwar Singh, who had a distinguished career in diplomacy and politics, passed away on Saturday night at the age of 93. He died at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram, following a prolonged illness. His last rites will be performed at Lodhi Road Crematorium on August 12.

A former Congress MP, Natwar Singh was Indias’s External Affairs Minister for the period 2004-05 during the UPA-I government led by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.