“We are here to express our heartfelt condolences. After the incident, we told our local leaders and party workers to extend all possible assistance to the administration,” she told reporters.

She also condoled the death of former Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, who was one of the 242 persons on board the ill-fated Air Indian flight AI-1717.

The Ahmedabad-London flight crashed into buildings on a medical college campus minutes after taking off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Airport here on Thursday, killing 241 out of 242 persons on board as well as several others on the ground. PTI PR BNM