A chapter in Indian politics is over. The former president of India, Pranab Mukherjee, has left.
He was in treatment at the Army Hospital for 21 days. He fell into the bathroom of the house. They found him in the hospital with blood clots in his head. The operation was carried out immediately. His crown was also caught. The lungs are affected. He had to be placed on a ventilator after the operation. A few days later he fell into a deep coma. His body has been getting worse since Sunday night. He died Monday afternoon.
The story of Pranab Babu who became president of the country from the Kirnahar village of Birbhum in West Bengal is checkered and indicative of the strength of Indian democracy. Pranab Babu showed that a man from an ordinary house can reach the highest position in the country.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
It started with the Bengali Congress
Pranab Babu’s political career did not begin in Congress. From the Bengali Congress of Ajay Mukherjee. He entered Rajya Sabha in 1989 as a candidate for the left-leaning Bengali Congress. A few days later, Indira Gandhi caught his attention. His political rise began after the war in Bangladesh.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
Minister Pranab
Within four years of becoming a member of Rajya Sabha, Pranab became Indira Gandhi’s cabinet minister. In 1973, he assumed the position of Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industrial Development. After Indira Gandhi’s death, Pranab Babu rose rapidly in politics
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
Indira Gandhi Finance Minister
Pranab was also a minister during the state of emergency. Many leaders of the Congress left the party after the state of emergency was declared in 1978. But Pranab was next to Indira in difficult times. Indira returned to power in 1970. Two years later, in 1972, Pranab Babu took over the Ministry of Finance. Pranab moved to undeclared number two position in Indira Gandhi’s cabinet.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
Tukhor’s political intelligence
Pranab Babu was not a public leader. Although he is a longtime MP and a leading figure in national politics, Pranab Babu’s popularity among the masses in West Bengal is not the same. Behind his success in national politics was his keen political intellect, his ability to give good advice, his knowledge of the constitution, the parliamentary system, his deep knowledge of the economy, and his ability to devise strategies to get out of any crisis.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
Without power
Indira Gandhi was shot dead by bodyguards. Rajiv Gandhi was then visiting West Bengal. Upon his return to Delhi, Pranab was asked on the plane, who should be the prime minister? His reply was that he had become the oldest minister twice in the past after the Prime Minister’s death. But in this case Rajiv should be. A rumor circulated in Congress that Pranab Babu wanted to be Prime Minister. Later he did not get a place in Rajiv’s cabinet.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
He formed his own team
Pranab Babu was neglected in Congress during Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure. At first they removed him from the work committee. He was then expelled from the team for six years. Pranab formed his own team. Congress of the Socialist State. His party fared worse than expected in opinion polls, which saw him win about a third of support. Pranab was not a public leader. His strong point was his keen political intellect.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
Back in Congress
Pranab Mukherjee returned to Congress in 1986. Then Rajiv cornered the Buffers scandal. At that time, Rajiv Gandhi’s relationship with Pranab Mukherjee was good again. He returned to the team. He obtained responsibility for the assembly elections in Tripura and won the party.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
This time the chancellor
Narasimha Rao became Prime Minister in 1991. He appointed Pranab Babu as Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission. Later he took Pranab Babu into the cabinet. In 1995, Pranab Babu became Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
Kandari from UPA
Pranab Mukherjee is again at the top of power during the UPA regime. Manmohan is the prime minister. Pranab is again person number two in the cabinet. If there is a problem in the government or in the party, trust Pranab. Head of a group of ministers. Connector with the left. Anna Hazare is in charge of solving the problem with Ramdev. And in 2004, Pranab Babu won the Lok Sabha for the first time.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
The first Bengali president
Pranab Mukherjee entered Prasadopam Rashtrapati Bhavan in Raisina Hills as the first Bengali president in 2012. He was the president of the notebook. The president has been undisputed for five years. The government has changed. Manmohan has said goodbye. Narendra Modi has arrived. But everyone’s relationship with Pranab was extraordinary. Later, Modi bestowed on him the Bharat Ratna.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
In the RSS program
He has always been critical of the ideology of the Sangh family. But congressmen were surprised to see Pranab Mukherjee on the RSS program.
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Pranab Mukherjee: Rashtrapati Bhavan of Kirnahar
The end of the political era
Pranab’s departure marked the end of a political era in India. Pranab Mukherjee came from Kirnahar in Birbhum and held the highest position in the country. His rise is a victory for Indian democracy
His politics, however, did not start with Congress. Although his father was a leader of the local Congress, Pranab Babu’s political career began with the Bengali Congress of Ajay Mukherjee. While in the Bengal Congress, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha with the support of the left. Indira Gandhi was then Prime Minister. Later, however, the Bengal Congress was merged with the Indian National Congress. During the Bangladesh war, Indira Gandhi gave it due prominence. Later he became one of Indira’s most trusted leaders and the second cabinet minister. Then, during Rajiv Gandhi’s tenure, he was removed from the cabinet for the first time. Expelled from the team. New teams were formed. He contested the assembly elections in West Bengal.
But Pranab Babu was not a public leader in that sense. His public base was not such that he could beat his team. His own party fared worse than expected in opinion polls. It was during Rajiv’s time that he returned to Congress. Narasimha Rao became vice chair of the Planning Commission during her tenure. Hence the minister again. During the period of the UPA, it recovered the number two position. From there to the Presidential Palace.
Pranabbabu’s specialty was his ability to compose political strategies, his extraordinary knowledge of the constitution and politics, his ability to give logical speeches, and his extraordinary memory and political intellect. Due to which he has repeatedly played an important role in the cabinet and in the central politics of Congress. However, in 2004 he won the Lok Sabha seat of his own Jangipur district in Birbhum.
Pranab Babu was the president of the notebook. During his presidency he used to say that he would not step outside the constitution. So there was no debate on President Pranab Mukherjee. He opened the Rashtrapati Bhavan to the public.
This is the end of the colorful personality.
GH / SG (ANI, PTI)
