Pranab Mukherjee birth anniversary: President Ram Nath Kovind pays tribute
President Ram Nath Kovind paid tribute to former president and his predecessor Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary on Friday. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Ministers and others also remembered Pranab Mukherjee. The former president died on August 31 at the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi after a 21-day battle with multiple ailments.
“I pay my tribute to former President Shri Pranab Mukherjee who was honoured with Bharat Ratna on his birthday. Pranab Mukherjeeji‘s life will always be an inspiration for all of us for the work he had done for the country…,” Speaker Om Birla wrote on Twitter.
भारत रत्न से सम्मानित पूर्व राष्ट्रपति श्री प्रणब मुखर्जी जी की जयंती पर श्रद्धा सुमन अर्पित करता हूँ। समर्पण भाव से संविधान प्रदत्त ज़िम्मेदारियाँ निभाते हुए देशहित में किये गए कार्यों के लिए मुखर्जी जी का जीवन हम सब के लिए सदैव अनुकरणीय रहेगा।#pranabmukherjeepic.twitter.com/g9uBnsch9S
— Om Birla (@ombirlakota) December 11, 2020
Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad posted, “Remembering former President of India ‘Bharat Ratna’
Shri #PranabMukherjee ji on his birth anniversary. He was a true statesman…,”
Remembering former President of India ‘Bharat Ratna’
Shri #PranabMukherjee ji on his birth anniversary.
He was a true Statesman and has worked enormously for the nation’s development.— Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) December 11, 2020
Pranab Mukherjee was born at Mirati in Birbhum district of West Bengal to Kamada Kinkar Mukherjee and Rajlakshmi on December 11, 1935. His father, a freedom fighter and later a Congress leader, went to jail several times during the Independence movement.
Pranab Mukherjee was the 13th president of India. He was conferred India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 2019.
