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The former President states that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not discuss demonetisation with him in advance and that he learned about it via a TV broadcast.
He also doesn't subscribe to the theory that the Congress would not have been drubbed in the 2014 general elections had he been made the Prime Minister in 2004 but says the Congress "lost focus" after he was elevated to President in 2012.
In half a century, he worked with three generations of the Gandhi family from Indira, her sons Rajiv and Sanjay, daughter-in-law Sonia and grandson Rahul.
Right from the 1970s there were occasions when I had to confront Pranabda, as Indira Gandhi’s trusted Cabinet colleague, during Emergency.
By virtue of his long innings in Parliament, he was an authority on parliamentary procedures and history.
A top bureaucrat recounts his association with former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee who passed away on Monday.
The former President, who had tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month, succumbed to COVID comorbidities on Monday, after a 21-battle with multiple ailments. He was 84.
Mukherjee, a statesman, scholar and one of India's most respected leaders across the political spectrum, died on Monday evening, following a 21-day battle with multiple ailments. He was 84.
Mukherjee, India's 13thpresident, Congress' troubleshooter through the decades and one of the country's most respected politicians, died on Monday after a 21-day illness and five decades in public life.
Mukherjee, India's 13th president, Congress' troubleshooter through the decades and one of the country's most respected politicians, died on Monday after a 21-day illness and five decades in public life. He was 84.