Buta Singh, Indira Gandhi s right hand man, passes away
ByRadhika RamaseshanRadhika Ramaseshan / Updated: Jan 3, 2021, 10:40 IST
Congress leader and no stranger to controversies
Buta Singh had the luck of the devil. When the senior Congress leader fell from grace, it was not a fall many would have survived in the rough-and-tumble of politics, but he managed to scrape through. That was Singh, the former Union minister, a Dalit from Punjab, who always lived life on the edge. The news of his death on January 2, in Delhi’s AIIMS at 86, comes as a huge blow to a party already reeling with the loss of stalwarts like Ahmed Patel and Motilal Vora.
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Year Ender 2020: Pranab Mukherjee to Ahmed Patel; Remembering political leaders we lost
We have witnessed several unfortunate events in the year 2020 which wasn t really kind to many. While COVID-19 killed millions of people across the world, India also lost several popular politicians this year. Â
As 2020 comes to end, here is a tribute to political stalwarts we lost this year.
Pranab Mukherjee
Former President and a Congress stalwart, Pranab Mukherjee died at the age of 84 on August 31, 2020. He served as the 13th President of India from 2012-2017. He was in septic shock due to a lung infection. Also, he had tested positive for COVID-19 prior to surgery to remove a blood clot in his brain. Post-surgery, he went into a deep coma. He was on ventilator support at the Army s Research and Referral (R&R) hospital in Delhi for several days before breathing his last.
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Rahul Gandhi will be Rahul Gandhi. Will Priyanka be Congress president?
Rahul Gandhi will be Rahul Gandhi. Will Priyanka be Congress president?
Lok Sabha MP Rahul Gandhi is reluctant to assume Congress s leadership again. Sonia Gandhi is indisposed. A non-Gandhi Congress chief may not be acceptable to the party. Will Priyanka Gandhi be next Congress president?
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UPDATED: December 30, 2020 18:47 IST
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi does not hold any official position in the party and has been reluctant to return as president. All eyes are now on Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the Congress looks to elect its full-time president next year. (Photo: PTI file)