{"id":314925,"date":"2019-09-08T08:25:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T08:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=314925"},"modified":"2019-09-08T08:31:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T08:31:15","slug":"pm-modi-condoles-demise-of-ram-jethmalani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pm-modi-condoles-demise-of-ram-jethmalani\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi condoles demise of Ram Jethmalani"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-314926 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/modi-malani.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/modi-malani.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/modi-malani-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/modi-malani-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/modi-malani-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/modi-malani-696x483.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/09\/modi-malani-605x420.jpg 605w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the demise of\u00a0Ram Jethmalani, the legal veteran and a former union minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cIn the passing away of Shri Ram Jethmalani Ji, India has lost an exceptional lawyer and iconic public figure who made rich contributions both in the Court and Parliament. He was witty, courageous and never shied away from boldly expressing himself on any subject,\u201d Modi said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOne of the best aspects of Shri Ram Jethmalani Ji was the ability to speak his mind. And, he did so without any fear. During the dark days of the Emergency, his fortitude and fight for public liberties will be remembered. Helping the needy was an integral part of his persona,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI consider myself fortunate to have got numerous opportunities to interact with Shri Ram Jethmalani Ji. In these sad moments, my condolences to his family, friends and many admirers. He may not be here but his pioneering work will live on! Om Shanti\u201d,\u00a0the Prime Minister said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">President Ram Nath Kovind said the nation has lost a distinguished jurist, a person of great erudition and intellect.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cSaddened by the passing of Shri Ram Jethmalani, former Union Minister and a veteran lawyer. He was known to express his views on public issues with his characteristic eloquence. The nation has lost a distinguished jurist, a person of great erudition and intellect,\u201d Kovind said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condoled the demise of\u00a0Ram Jethmalani, the legal veteran and a former union minister. \u201cIn the passing away of Shri Ram Jethmalani Ji, India has lost an exceptional lawyer and iconic public figure who made rich contributions both in the Court and Parliament. He was witty, courageous and never shied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":314926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[316,9408],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=314925"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314925\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314927,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314925\/revisions\/314927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/314926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}