{"id":325902,"date":"2020-08-31T12:43:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T12:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=325902"},"modified":"2020-08-31T13:45:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-31T13:45:31","slug":"former-president-pranab-mukherjee-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/former-president-pranab-mukherjee-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President Pranab Mukherjee passes away"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/former-president-pranab-mukherjee-passes-away\/screenshot_2020_0827_135216\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-325903\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-325903 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020_0827_135216-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"557\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020_0827_135216-300x268.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020_0827_135216-768x685.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020_0827_135216-696x621.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020_0827_135216-471x420.jpg 471w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2020\/08\/Screenshot_2020_0827_135216.jpg 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a>Former President Pranab Mukherjee passed away on Monday. He was 84.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">According to the Army&#8217;s\u00a0Research and Referral Hospital, the condition of Pranab Mukherjee declined on Monday morning as he suffered a septic shock due to his lung infection.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">President Ram Nath Kovind expressed condolences on the demise of Pranab Mukherjee, President Kovind said, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Sad to hear that former President Shri Pranab Mukherjee is no more. His demise is passing of an era. A colossus in public life, he served Mother India with the spirit of a sage. The nation mourns losing one of its worthiest sons. Condolences to his family, friends &amp; all citizens.<\/span>&#8220;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">As the First Citizen, he continued to connect with everyone, bringing Rashtrapati Bhavan closer to the people. He opened its gates for public visit. His decision to discontinue the use of the honorific &#8216;His Excellency&#8217; was historic,&#8217; President Kovind added.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Expressing condolences, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, &#8220;India grieves the passing away of Bharat Ratna Shri Pranab Mukherjee. He has left an indelible mark on the development trajectory of our nation. A scholar par excellence, a towering statesman, he was admired across the political spectrum and by all sections of society.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">&#8220;During his political career that spanned decades, Shri Pranab Mukherjee made long-lasting contributions in key economic and strategic ministries. He was an outstanding Parliamentarian, always well-prepared, extremely articulate as well as witty,&#8221; PM Modi added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Pranab Mukherjee passed away on Monday. He was 84. According to the Army&#8217;s\u00a0Research and Referral Hospital, the condition of Pranab Mukherjee declined on Monday morning as he suffered a septic shock due to his lung infection. President Ram Nath Kovind expressed condolences on the demise of Pranab Mukherjee, President Kovind said, &#8220;Sad to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":325903,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[2136],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325902"}],"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\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325902"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":325908,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325902\/revisions\/325908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/325903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}