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George Fernandes Passes Away At 88, Leaders Pay Rich Tributes

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George Fernandes 88 , the former Defence Minister and the Convenor of the NDA of the government of late Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has passed away after prolonged illness . He was rippled by Alzheimer’s disease, and his last stint as a Parliamentarian was as a Rajya Sabha MP between August 2009 to July 2010.

One of the most prominent leaders of the socialist movement in the 1970s, George Fernandes was a senior Janata Dal leader before he founded the Samata Party.

He rose to fame as an anti-Emergency crusader and civil rights activists and served as a Union Minister in the Janata Party government headed by Morarji Desai that came to power in 1977 to 1980.

As soon as the news of his George Fernandes passing away leaders across party lines paid their rich tributes :

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in three tweets paid his rich tributes

 

Omar Abdullah, Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister

Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister

Rahul Gandhi, Congress president in a facebook post wrote

Shashi Tharoor, Congress Leader and Lok Sabha MP from Thiruvananthapuram

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