NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha on the opening day of the Monsoon Session on Monday paid rich tributes to former President Pranab Mukherjee and 18 other former and sitting members of the House, who passed away this year.
The RajyaSabha Chairman led the House in paying tributes to the departed souls. Chairman Venkaiah Naidu said the country has lost an able administrator and great leader with the passing away of Pranab Mukherjee.
The House also paid tributes to three sitting members — Beni Prasad Verma, M. P. Veerendra Kumar and Amar Singh who died recently. Tributes were also paid to former members Hiphei, M. V. Rajasekharan, SanatanBisi, Basant Kumar Das, R. T. Gopalan, BhabaniCharanPattanayak, Ajit P.K. Jogi, SarojDubey, VishwaBandhu Gupta, BishnuCharan Das, Ram Awadesh Singh, ShyamalChakraborty, Nandi Yellaiah and Narendra Kumar Swain.
The House also remembered PanditJasraj, legendary Indian classical vocalist, who passed away on August 17. (IANS)
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