Mangalore: MLA JR Lobo organised a condolence meet to pay homage to the most cherished former President and Bharat Ratn Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam At Government First Grade College, Balmatta in the city on Tuesday.

​Nearly thousand students from at least ten colleges took part in the condolence meet. ​

MLA asked the school management to hold a special class this week for all the students exclusively to know more about the life and journey of Abdul Kalam.

Meanwhile, Mayor Jecintha Vijaya Alfred, corporater AC Vinayraj, Prakash Salian, Keshav Maroli, Kavitha Vasu, Shailaja, Nagaveni, Rathikala, Rajneesh, Abdul Latheef, AICC member PV Mohan, KPCC member Mohammed Badruddin, Tejomaya, Prabhakar Shriyan, Denis D’Silva, TK Sudhir, Namitha D Rao, Balmatta Government College principal Joseph, principals of different schools and colleges were among others present.