Pranab Mukherjee is a former President of India and a senior Congress leader. He was India’s 13th President, from July 2012 to July 2017. Mukherjee was also Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012, and from 1982-1984. More
Danish Ali's remarks came a day after the Centre said that it has decided to set up a memorial for former president Pranab Mukherjee at the 'Rashtriya Smriti' area complex.
"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 wrote.
In the book, Sharmistha, a former Congress spokesperson who quit politics in 2021, provides a glimpse into the illustrious life of her father through his father’s diary entries, personal stories narrated to her and her own research.