Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has described Sasmita Rana, who died at the Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack a day after his visit to the paediatric hospital, as the bravest girl he ever met.
Expressing grief over the death of the little girl from Raitala village in Keonjhar district, Gandhi tweeted, "Sasmita Rana, the bravest little girl I ever met, died at Sishu Bhawan in Cuttack. She remained proud and strong against all odds."
The little girl of about seven years succumbed to aplastic anaemia on Saturday, a day after meeting Rahul Gandhi, who had visited the Sishu Bhawan on September 11 after being informed about serial deaths of children and newborns in a span of 12 days last month.
Sasmita had requested Gandhi to touch her hands and console her mother.
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Prasad Harichandan visited Sasmita's house in Keonjhar district on Sunday and met her mother.