New Delhi: Pranab Mukherjee contested the1980 Lok Sabha elections much against the wishes of Indira Gandhi who gave him a "vociferous dressing down" for an "interminable span of time" after his ...

In the 1980s, former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi pointed out a man wearing the same shirt for three consecutive days. He was none other than the former President of India Pranab Mukherjee.

New Delhi, Nov 19: President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President Hamid Ansari and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi paid tributes to ex-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on her 99th birth anniversary at her ...

The enduring bond between Pranab and Indira Gandhi was a cornerstone, with Mukherjee's unwavering loyalty being a defining characteristic. "There is no question of my leaving Congress or Indiraji ...

Uma Shankar Dikshit, a confidant of Indira Gandhi, also agreed with Mukherjee. "Then Jakhar, Dikshit and Ghani Khan went to the rear of the plane," Sharmishtha continues. "Pranab kept sitting.

President Pranab Mukherjee had observed that Rahul ... "Modi is the only PM after Indira Gandhi who has the ability to feel the pulse of the people so acutely and accurately".

Pranab Mukherjee, despite being told not to by Indira Gandhi, contested from the Bolpur seat in West Bengal, and lost badly. The Congress-I under Indira Gandhi won the elections and Pranab was ...

The book also mentions about the cordial but interesting relationship between the Gandhis and Pranab Mukherjee. After Indira Gandhi was assassinated in 1984, Congress leader Ghani Khan Choudhary ...

Former President Pranab Mukherjee was deeply upset with Rajiv ... On the imposition of emergency by Indira Gandhi, Sharmistha claimed her father supported the emergency on the grounds of events ...

Former president Pranab Mukherjee during the Iftar party hosted ... would say that his stint with former prime minister Indira Gandhi was the "golden period" of his political life.

"It is generally believed that Pranab had a chance to become the PM earlier in 1984 as well, after Indira Gandhi's assassination, and not just in 2004," it adds. Sharmistha Mukherjee says that ...