bhubaneswar the state government on tuesday joined the entire nation in mourning the demise of former president apj abdul kalam the state government organized a condolence meeting at the secretariat here to pay tribute to the departed soul there was no such programme organized by the state government in recent memory to mourn any leader chief minister naveen patnaik almost all ministers of the state government secretaries of all departments commissioner of police r p sharma and dcp satyabrata bhoi offered floral tributes to the missile man the meet observed twominute silence terming kalam as a karma yogi naveen said the former president lived his entire life for the country he was one of the most illustrious presidents of the country a visionary leader and a gifted scientist he was instrumental in strengthening the countrys defence capabilities said naveen after the meeting stating that kalam had a special relationship with odisha and biju babu naveen said he visited the state several times as a scientist as a president and even after he retired on behalf of state government rural development minister badri narayan patra would attend the funeral of kalam at rameswaram in tamil nadu on wednesday rip dr kalam most popular prez of india in tears tweeted culture and tourism secretary arvind padhee he also posted a photograph in his twitter handle the photo features he and his family with kalam at the latters rajaji marg residence in new delhi in february 2009 as a mark of respect to the former president the odisha bureaucrat padhee also shared my mother a popular poem of the former in memory of his parents