Bharat Ratna Pranab da:a man of mark in Pol.
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Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away on August 31. Mukherjee had recently undergone a surgery for removal of a clot in his brain and had also tested positive for coronavirus. Earlier today, the hospital informed that his condition had deteriorated and he was in a septic shock due to lung infection.
Mukherjee was born in Mirati, a nondescript village in undivided Bengal on December 11, 1935. His father Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee, involved in India’s struggle for independence, would go on to serve in the West Bengal Legislative Council between 1952 and 1964 from Congress.Senior Mukherjee by 1963, with degrees in political science and history,as Masters and law, was teaching political science at Vidyanagar College and Howrah Chaitanya College in West Bengal.
In 1969, he was involved in V K Krishna Menon’s successful run in the Midnapore Lok Sabha constituency (Menon was contesting as an independent). The same year, Bangla Congress, a regional offshoot of the Indira Gandhi-led Congress, sent him to the Rajya Sabha (Two years later, it merged with the main party). He had four more terms in the Rajya Sabha (1975, 1981, 1993, and 1999) before he won 2004 Lok Sabha election in Jangipur. He retained his seat in 2009 and after three years, he became President of India Senior Mukherjee was also a member of the All India Congress Committee. He was a renowned politician, efficient administrator and dynamic speaker. In his five-decade-old political career, Mukherjee had held various important portfolios including defence, finance, foreign affairs, revenue, shipping, transport, communications, economic affairs, commerce and industry.
In deep shock PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI said that India grieves the passing away of Bharat Ratna Shri Pranab Mukherjee. He has left an indelible mark on the development trajectory of our nation. A scholar par excellence, a towering statesman, he was admired across the political spectrum and by all sections of society.
FORMER PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH shocked,,,,,. I have learnt with profound sorrow about the passing away of Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Former President of India. In his death, our country has lost one of its greatest leaders of Independent India. He and I worked very closely in the Government of India and I depended on him a great deal for his wisdom, vast knowledge and experience of public affairs.CONGRESS PRESIDENT SONIA GANDHI expressing great shock over the demise of former President Pranab Mukherjee, party president Sonia Gandhi on Monday said she learnt a lot from the Congress veteran, who brought distinction to every post he held.
ISRAEL PRESIDENT REUVEN RIVLIN Describing former president Pranab Mukherjee as a “true friend of Israel”, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday expressed his condolences at the passing away of one of India’s most respected politicians, saying he helped strengthen the ties between the two countries.
WEST BENGAL CHIEF MINISTER MAMATA BANERJEE
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Monday expressed deep sorrow over the death of former president Pranab Mukherjee and said with his demise “an era has come to an end”.
She recollected her long association with Mukherjee and extended her condolence to his son and daughter.As Indians, we must of course learn from the past; but we must remain focused on the future.
The remarkable quotes by Pranab da should be noted -In my view, education is the true alchemy that can bring India its next golden age. come from a political family. My father was a freedom fighter. He was a prominent leader of the locality and member of the Congress party. He spent 10 years in British prisons. In the evening, in our living room,the only subject we used to discuss was politics.so politics was not unfamiliar to me.
His views on secularism was unique- The fact renains that secularism is inherent in the Indian system, in the Indian ethos and culture.
Edited by.: Deepak Sharma, WB State bureau chief.(1018477).