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NEW DELHI, MARCH 3. The Union Cabinet today condoled the death of the Lok Sabha Speaker, G. M. C. Balayogi, killed in a copter crash in Andhra Pradesh, and decided to observe a two-day national mourning and accord a State funeral to the departed leader. The national flag will fly at half-mast on Government buildings as a mark of respect and all official functions stand cancelled. Tributes poured in, with the President, K. R. Narayanan, the Vice-President, Kishan Kant, the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee, and leaders of various political parties and organisations expressing shock over the death of Mr. Balayogi - first Lok Sabha Speaker to die in harness. Everyone recalled the affable and smooth manner in which the youngest Speaker conducted the proceedings of the 12th and 13th Lok Sabha and carried everybody along during a difficult phase.
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