Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice-president Rahul Gandhi condoled the death of Jnanpith awardee U R Ananthmurthy. Sonia Gandhi described the renowned writer as a remarkable human being and added that the void created by his demise in the Indian literary space and social conscience will be hard to fill. In his condolence message, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi said that he was deeply saddened to hear of Ananthmurthy passing away. 'We have lost in him a world renowned writer, an educationist and a thinker,' Rahul said..