NEW DELHI: Sharmistha Mukherjee, daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, has criticised the Congress for failing to convene a Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting following her father’s death.
In a statement on X, she pointed out that when her father passed away in August 2020, the Congress leadership did not even convene a condolence meeting by the Congress Working Committee (CWC). She further accused the Congress leadership of misleading her on the matter during that time.
“When baba passed away, Congress didnt even bother 2 call CWC 4 condolence meeting. A senior leader told me it’s not done 4 Presidents. That’s utter rubbish as I learned later from baba’s diaries that on KR Narayanan’s death, CWC was called & condolence msg was drafted by baba only,” she wrote.
She recalled a senior Congress leader telling her that condolence meetings were not held for Indian Presidents, a statement she dismissed as “utter rubbish.
However, she supported the Congress’s appeal to the Centre for a memorial for Manmohan Singh, who passed away at the age of 92 on Thursday.
“A memorial for Dr. Singh is a great idea. He deserves it & also Bharat Ratna which baba as President wanted 2 confer on him; but that didn’t happen perhaps due 2 reasons which don’t need to be spelled out,” she added further.
Dr Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92
Former Prime Minister and Congress veteran, Dr Manmohan Singh passed away at the age of 92 in New Delhi.
He was admitted to the emergency department of AIIMS hospital on Thursday evening.
He served as India’s Prime Minister from 2004 to 2014.
His political career ended earlier this year in April when he retired from Rajya Sabha.Singh, who was the finance minister in the then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao-led dispensation from 1991-1996, is credited as a key architect of the economic reforms affected by the government that broke the stranglehold of socialist-era policies.