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RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh's body donated to AIIMS | The body of the veteran Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh, who breathed his last on Saturday, was donated to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Sunday. Deshmukh, 94, had wished that his
dead body be donated for medical research. The body of Deshmukh was flown to
Delhi from Chitrakoot and was kept at the RSS headquarters
in Jhandelwalan area here. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan
brought the body from Chitrakoot. Leaders and activists of the Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) and Sangh Parivar paid their last respects to Deshmukh. Prominent
among those who paid tributes to Deshmukh, were former Deputy Prime Minister L
K Advani, Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Karia Munda, Leader of Opposition in Lok
Sabha
Sushma Swaraj, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, BJP president
Nitin Gadkari, former party president Rajnath Singh and General Secretary
(organisation)
Ramlal. Chief ministers of the BJP-ruled states--Narendra Modi of Gujarat, Raman
Singh of Chhattisgarh and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank of Uttarakhand were also
among
the leaders who paid their last respects to Deshmukh. A wreath was laid on Nanaji
Deshmukh's body on behalf of President Pratibha Patil. He was the recipient of
Padma Vibhushan award for his lifetime service to the society in rural parts of
the country. Advani described Deshmukh as a dedicated worker who made an
unparalled
contribution in the formation of Bharatiya Jan Sangh. "It is more than a personal
loss for me. We had been together for so many years....When there is so much
attraction towards posts, he gave inspiration for idealism," Advani
said. |
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