After being conferred the Padma Bhushan award in the field of public affairs, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said he hoped to eradicate religion- and caste-based politics which were widespread in the country. Speaking exclusively to ANI, Azad said, “I had talked about the responsibility of political parties previously also with the same sense … Read more
Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday hit out at party colleague Manish Tewari over his criticism of the UPA dispensation for its response to the 26/11 Mumbai terror strikes, saying the ex-Union minister didn’t raise it when he was part of the government. The leader of the Congress party in Lok Sabha said instead … Read more
Former President Pranab Mukherjee‘s son Abhijit Mukherjee who joined the Trinamool Congress of Mamata Banerjee wants to live up to his father’s legacy of secular politics and of binding India through consensual politics. Mukherjee, an engineer-turned politician, said he also wants to help work towards re-industrialising eastern India, which he feels can be the trade … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress had failed miserably to fulfil people’s expectations and aspirations which led to its electoral debacle, former President Pranab Mukherjee wrote in his book that was released on Tuesday. In the book, ‘The Presidential Years, 2012-2017’, Mukherjee, who passed away in August 2020, has talked in detail about the reasons for the … Read more
New Delhi: The Congress‘s failure to recognise the end of its charismatic leadership was among the many reasons for its 2014 Lok Sabha polls defeat, according to former president Pranab Mukherjee who felt lack of extraordinary leaders reduced the establishment to a “government of averages”. Mukherjee made these comments in his memoir “The Presidential Years, … Read more
By Thomas Mathew Pranab Mukherjee – or Pranab-da, as many of us fondly called him — was a man who made the long journey as a small boy from Mirati, a village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, to Rashtrapati Bhavan, without ever losing his sense of equanimity and humility. Even as a doughty fighter of … Read more
Foreign Secretary Harsh V Shringla condoling the death of former President Pranab Mukherjee has recalled the stalwart’s contribution to MEA and foreign policy. He also recalled his personal connect with Mukherjee as High Commissioner to Dhaka as well as in his role as Joint Secretary in headquarters dealing with Bangladesh. “It is with great sadness … Read more
New Delhi: Expressing grief over former president Pranab Mukherjee‘s demise, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday described him as a scholar par excellence and a towering statesman who was admired across the political spectrum. Modi said Mukherjee has left an indelible mark on the nation’s development trajectory. Mukherjee, 84, died on Monday in an army … Read more
Mukherjee was the 13th President of India from 2012 to 2017. There is no change in the health of former President Pranab Mukherjee and he continues to remain on ventilator support, the Army’s Research and Referral hospital said on Sunday. Doctors attending on the 84-year-old Mukherjee said his vital parameters are stable. Mukherjee was admitted … Read more
NEW DELHI: The health condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee has declined as he has developed a lung infection, the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital said on Wednesday. The 84-year-old former president, who was admitted to the hospital in Delhi Cantonment on August 10, continues to be on ventilatory support, doctors attending to him said. … Read more