New Delhi (NVI): President Ram Nath Kovind, today paid homage to Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India on his 85th birth anniversary.
Kovind as well as officials of Rashtrapati Bhavan paid floral tributes in front of a portrait of Pranab Mukherjee, President’s Secretariat said in a statement.
President Kovind paid floral tributes to Shri Pranab Mukherjee, former President of India, on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan. pic.twitter.com/0KrJ9hUsoc
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) December 11, 2020
Mukherjee was born on December 11, 1935, in the village of Mirati in Birbhum District of West Bengal. He started his political career when he founded the Bangla Congress in 1967.
On August 31 this year, Mukherjee passed away at the Delhi’s Army Hospital where he was admitted after undergoing surgery for removal of a clot in his brain. He had also tested positive for COVID-19.
In 2019, Mukherjee was awarded Bharat Ratna by President Ram Nath Kovind for contribution to the Indian politics.
-RJV
