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RSS veteran Nanaji passes away RSS leader Nanaji Deshmukh's body donated to AIIMS

Veteran Jan Sangh leader Nanaji Deshmukh, who was also asso- Chitrakoot / New Delhi, Feb 28 paid their last respects ciated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for a long time, (ANI): The body of the veteran to Deshmukh. Prominent among those passed away on Saturday evening at the Sadguru Seva Sangh hos- Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh who paid tributes to Deshmukh, were pital at Chitrakoot in . He was 95. leader Nanaji Deshmukh, who former Deputy Prime Minister L K He gave up his political career at the age of 60 in accordance breathed his last on Saturday, was Advani, Deputy Speaker with his belief that all politicians should retire from politics when donated to the All Institute of Karia Munda, Leader of Opposition in they reach that age. Probably the only Indian politician to have Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Lok Sabha , Leader of severed all connection with politics on reaching 60, he took to con- Sunday. Opposition in Arun structive work with vigour after that Gadkari condoles Nanaji Deshmukh's demise Jaitley, BJP president Nitin Gadkari, time. He was known to be very close former party president Rajnath Singh to the late BJP president Nitin Gadkari today condoled the demise of and General Secretary (organisation) and Ramnath Goenka of the Indian Sangh Parivar veteran and former Rajya Sabha member Ramlal. Chief ministers of the BJP- Express. Nanaji Deshmukh. ruled states- of Nanaji, as he was fondly known, "Nanaji was one of the early architects of Jan Sangh and Gujarat, Raman Singh of Chhattisgarh was the founder of the Deendayal firmly stood for value-based politics. He could rightly be and Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank of Research Institute in New Delhi, the described as idealism personified," Gadkari said. Uttarakhand were also among the Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya in Gadkari said his courage of conviction was so strong that leaders who paid their last respects to Chitrakoot and Bal Jagat in Nagpur. he left active politics when he was almost at the pinnacle. "His Deshmukh. work for rural resurgence first at Gonda and later at A wreath was laid on Nanaji Chitrakoot is the testimony of his unflinching commitment to the Deshmukh's body on behalf of RSS Veteran Nanaji Deshmukh Dead cause. He lived a life which was unique in several ways," President Pratibha Patil. He was the Gadkari said. recipient of award for his lifetime service to the society in Sangh Parivar veteran and former Rajya Sabha member Nanaji played a prominent role in those dramatic moments. Nanaji's organ- Vinay Sahrabuddhe, Director of Rambhau Mhalagi Institute Deshmukh, 94, had wished that his rural parts of the country. Deshmukh passed away here today at the age of 94. He breathed ising skills during the JP Movement and brought him a said Deshmukh encouraged rural development and innovative dead body be donated for medical Advani described Deshmukh as a his last at the premises of the country's first rural university he had ministership offer at the Centre in the government but experiment with agriculture sector. Deshmukh passed away in research. The body of Deshmukh was dedicated worker who made an established in this temple town bordering and he declined. Nanaji had entered the Lok Sabha from Nanaji left the evening at Chitrakoot. The 94-year-old was unwell for flown to Delhi from Chitrakoot and unparalled contribution in the forma- Uttar Pradesh, his close associate Sharda Prasad Dwivedi said. politics soon after he turned 60 though he was at the pinnacle of his some time due to age-related ailments. A Padma Vibhushan was kept at the RSS headquarters in tion of Bharatiya Jan Sangh. Deshmukh was unwell for some time due to age-related ailments and career. He turned to social work to which he devoted himself till the awardee, he had donated his body for medical research. Jhandelwalan area here. Madhya "It is more than a personal loss for had refused to be taken to Delhi for treatment. A Padma Vibhushan end. Senior BJP leader V K Malhotra deeply condoled the death of Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh me. We had been together for so awardee, he had donated his body for medical research. He was Nanaji Deshmukh. In a condolence message, Uttar Chouhan brought the body from many years....When there is so much also instrumental in carrying out social restructuring programme in Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati said, during his long Chitrakoot. Leaders and activists of attraction towards posts, he gave over 500 villages of both the states. Deshmukh had established the public life, Deshmukh served the people and played the Bharatiya (BJP) and inspiration for idealism," Advani said. Chitarkoot Gramodya Vishwavidyalaya in Chitrakoot -- the country's an important role to make weaker sections of the soci- first rural university -- and was its Chancellor. Deshmukh was a key ety self-reliant. He would be remembered for his con- architect of Janata Party government that had broken the uninter- tribution towards the development of villages, she said. rupted Congress-rule at the Centre in 1977. A man of the organisa- Former Prime Minister said tion, Nanaji- as he was affectionately called by his friends and Nanaji was a dedicated social worker, lifelong admirers - was a fighter who ended political untouchability of pracharak of the RSS, senior politician and a visionary. Bharatiya Jan Sangh, the erstwhile avatar of BJP, by giving total Recalling Deshmukh's role, Vajpayee said he was a support to Jai Prakash Narayan's call for "Total Revolution" in 1974. fighter and joined the movement of Jai Prakash The subsequent developments, including the Emergency imposed Narayan. "His death is a loss to society and me per- by , led to the formation of the Janata Party which sonally," Vajpayee said in the condolence message. stormed to power by sweeping off the Congress and Nanaji had

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