Port Blair, Sept. 1: Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, Bharatiya Janata Party, Andaman and Nicobar Islands condoles the demise of Bharat Ratna Late (Shri.) Pranab Mukherjee Ji, 13th President of India. Bharat Ratna Late (Shri.) Pranab Mukherjee Ji passed away today on 31st of August 2020 at New Delhi, India. In his political career spanning five decades, Bharat Ratna Late (Shri.) Pranab Mukherjee Ji was a senior leader in the Indian National Congress and occupaied several ministerial portfolios in the Govt. of India. Prior to his election as President, Bharat Ratna Late (Shri.) Pranab Mukherjee Ji was Union Finance Minister from 2009 to 2012.

Bharat Ratna Late (Shri.) Pranab Mukherjee Ji was born into a Bengali family at Mirati, a village in the Bengal Presidency of British India (now in Birbhum District, West Bengal) and he made his way up the ladder one by one to become the President of India.

Bharat Ratna Late (Shri.) Pranab Mukherjee Ji has also authored several books in his lifetime.

I join the entire country is praying for the soul of the great leader to rest in peace and for strength to the family members to bear this irreparable loss.