‘Grassroots leader with deep understanding of poverty’: PM Modi pays tribute to Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
Former Union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, whose contemporary resignation from the RJD had raised eyebrows in poll-bound Bihar, passed away Sunday morning whilst present process remedy in New Delhi. Singh’s situation had deteriorated on Friday night time after he was once admitted to AIIMS on Saturday with lawsuits of recurrent cough. The 74-year-old was once later put on a ventilator.
Following his loss of life, tributes poured in from politicians around the nation, with Top Minister Narendra Modi announcing Singh’s dying had left a deep void in Bihar and nationwide politics. PM Modi described Singh as a grassroots chief with a deep figuring out of poverty and the issues of the deficient. He additionally obliquely referred to “churning” that Singh confronted in his closing days, hinting at his disenchantment with RJD and its chief Lalu Prasad Yadav.
PM made the remarks whilst dedicating to the country 3 petroleum sector initiatives price about Rs 900 crore by the use of video conferencing.
“An interior ‘manthan’ (churning) was once happening in him right through his closing days. He remained true to the ideology he believed in..Within the contemporary previous, he were in information. He was once clearly in a state of interior turmoil because it had not remained conceivable for him to be via the facet of his previous mates. In any case, he gave expression to his emotions in the course of the letters he wrote from the medical institution mattress,” the high minister mentioned.
The high minister recalled his interactions with Singh when the RJD chief was once a Union minister and he the executive minister of Gujarat. “I had events to engage with Raghuvansh babu time and again. We used to participate in TV debates lengthy again, striking forth our respective issues of view. He used to constitute his celebration whilst I used to constitute the BJP as an office-bearer of the organisation,” PM Modi mentioned.
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Ji is not amongst us. I pay my tributes to him: PM @narendramodi
— narendramodi_in (@narendramodi_in) September 13, 2020
Union House Minister Amit Shah on Sunday mentioned Raghuvansh Prasad Singh’s determination in opposition to the welfare of the deficient and disadvantaged categories can be remembered eternally.
बिहार के वरिष्ठ राजनेता रघुवंश बाबू के निधन की सूचना से अत्यंत दुःख हुआ। उनका पूरा जीवन लोहिया जी और कर्पूरी ठाकुर जी के विचारों के प्रति समर्पित रहा। गरीब व वंचित वर्ग के कल्याण के लिए उनका समर्पण सदैव याद किया जायेगा। मैं उनके परिजनों के प्रति संवेदना व्यक्त करता हूँ। ॐ शांति
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 13, 2020
“I’m deeply saddened via the dying of senior Bihar baby-kisser Raghuvansh Babu. His complete existence was once dedicated to the tips of Lohia ji and Karpoori Thakur ji,” Shah mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
President Ram Nath Kovind, in his condolence message, mentioned that Singh was once an “remarkable chief rooted to floor” and had exceptional figuring out of rural India.
श्री रघुवंश प्रसाद सिंह के निधन का समाचार दुखद है। जमीन से जुड़े व ग्रामीण भारत की असाधारण समझ रखने वाले रघुवंश बाबू का कद बहुत ऊंचा था। अपने संतों जैसे सादा जीवन से उन्होंने सार्वजनिक जीवन को विशेष गरिमा प्रदान की। उनके परिवार, समर्थकों व प्रशंसकों को मेरी शोक-संवेदनाएं!
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) September 13, 2020
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad tweeted, “I informed you the day ahead of the day gone by, you don’t seem to be going any place. However you went up to now. I’m very unhappy and I can leave out you.”
प्रिय रघुवंश बाबू! ये आपने क्या किया?
मैनें परसों ही आपसे कहा था आप कहीं नहीं जा रहे है। लेकिन आप इतनी दूर चले गए।
नि:शब्द हूँ। दुःखी हूँ। बहुत याद आएँगे।
— Lalu Prasad Yadav (@laluprasadrjd) September 13, 2020
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu mentioned Singh would all the time be remembered for his position in imposing the agricultural employment ensure scheme. “Saddened to be told concerning the unexpected loss of life of former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh. A just right parliamentarian and a grassroot degree chief, he strove for the upliftment of the deficient and rural lots,” the Vice President’s Secretariat tweeted quoting Naidu.
पूर्व केन्द्रीय मंत्री और वरिष्ठ नेता श्री रघुवंश प्रसाद सिंह के निधन पर स्तब्ध हूं!
आप प्रबुद्ध सांसद और लोकप्रिय राजनैतिक कार्यकर्ता रहे। अपने लंबे और यशस्वी सार्वजनिक जीवन में दुर्बल वर्गों के हितों और ग्रामीण विकास के सशक्त स्वर रहे। pic.twitter.com/S1eZMUqFgf— Vice President of India (@VPSecretariat) September 13, 2020
He mentioned Singh would all the time be remembered for his position within the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi Nationwide Rural Employment Ensure Act (MGNREGA). “My heartfelt condolences to bereaved members of the family. Om Shanti,” Naidu mentioned.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi mentioned with the loss of life of Singh, a powerful voice of the village and farmers were misplaced.
The Congress additionally termed him because the “cherished son of Bihar” who can be remembered for being the suggest of ethical values in politics, and mentioned his loss of life heralds the tip of a bankruptcy within the historical past of revolution.
श्री रघुवंश प्रसाद सिंह जी के निधन के साथ ही गाँव व किसान की एक मज़बूत आवाज़ सदा के लिए खो गई है।
गाँवों व किसानों के उत्थान के लिए उनकी सेवा और लगन तथा सामाजिक न्याय के लिए उनके संघर्ष को सदा याद रखा जाएगा।
मेरी भावभीनी श्रद्धांजलि? pic.twitter.com/8YTLQpYowp
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 13, 2020
“With the loss of life of Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh ji, a powerful voice of the village and farmers has been misplaced eternally. His carrier and determination for the upliftment of villages and farmers and his battle for social justice will all the time be remembered. My heartfelt tributes to him,” Rahul Gandhi mentioned in a tweet in Hindi.
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