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16-31 Mar, 2010 - Bharatiya Janata Party

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ShraddhanjaliNanaji passesawayNanaji Deshmukh, arenowned nationalist,karmayogi and sage, oneof the leading lights of JP movementand coalition politics who laterdevoted himself to social workbreathed his last on February 27 inevening at Uttar Pradesh’sChitrakoot district. He was 94. Hewas suffering from age related illnessfor long time. Nanaji was a keyarchitect of the <strong>Janata</strong> <strong>Party</strong>government that had broken theuninterrupted Congress-rule at the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee saidon his demise “We have lost adedicated social worker, fulltimepracharak of RSS, a seniorpolitician and a Karmayogisage. Shri L K Advani said that it wasmy personal loss. He added thatNanaji would be alwaysremembered as a inventor ofcoalition politics and also forvalue based politics. Shri Nitin Gadkari said “Nanajiwas a source of inspiration dueto his sacrifice and servicetowards Antyodaya”. Shri Rajnath Singh recalledhow Nanaji set an example byrefusing a ministerial berth inMorarji Desai’s government in1977. Shri Arun Jaitley said Nanajiwas an Organiser par excellence. Shri Narendra Modi said Nanaji“had the will to translate visioninto action”.Centre in 1977.Hailing from theRashtriya Swayam SevakSangh background, Nanajiwas also associated with theJan Sangh, Janta <strong>Party</strong> andthe <strong>Bharatiya</strong> <strong>Janata</strong> <strong>Party</strong>.He was born on October11, 19<strong>16</strong> at Kaolin, a smalltown in Parbhani District ofMaharashtra and activelyparticipated in Bhoodan Movementstarted by Acharya Vinoba Bhave.Nanaji’s organising skillsduring the JP Movement and theEmergency brought him aministership offer at the Centre inthe Morarji Desai government buthe declined. Nanaji had entered theLok Sabha from Balrampurconstituency in Uttar Pradesh. Healso established ChitrakootGramodya Vishwavidyalaya inChitrakoot- India’s first ruraluniversity and went on to becomeits first Chancellor.He created an “alternativemodel of development based onDeendayal Upadhyay’s ideals ofIntegral Humanism” while workingin some 500 villages aroundChitrakoot (on Uttar Pradesh-Madhya Pradesh border). Hewished his body to be donated formedical research after his death.The body was kept at the RSSheadquarters in Delhi before it washanded over to AIIMS. Shri NanajiDeshmukh had bequeatted his bodyfor medical research as back as 1994.In his will be had desired that thisdonation of his body is the mostappropriate last rites for him. Awreath was laid on the body onbehalf of President Smt. PratibhaPatil.BJP's obeissanceAmong those present to paytheir last respects were NDAworking president Shri L K Advani,BJP President Shri Nitin Gadkari, LokSabha Deputy Speaker Shri KariaMunda, Leader of Opposition in LokSabha Smt. Sushma Swaraj, DeputyLeader of Opposition in RajyaSabha Shri Arun Jaitley, former partyPresident Shri Rajnath Singh,General Secretary (Organisation)Shri Ramlal, and senior leader andMP Shri Murli Manohar Joshi. RSSSarkaryawah Shri Bhaiyyaji Joshi,RSS Pracharak Parmaukh ShriMadan Das Devi and RSS Sah-Sarkaryawah Shri Suresh Soni werealso present.BJP Chief Ministers ShriNarendra Modi, Shri Raman Singhand Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishankspecially flew down to Delhi to paytheir last respects to Nanaji whileMadhya Pradesh Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhanaccompanied the body fromChitrakoot. Jharkhand Deputy ChiefMinister Shri Raghubar Das wasthere, and so was a representativeof the Karnataka government.•<strong>Mar</strong>ch <strong>16</strong>-<strong>31</strong>, <strong>2010</strong> 5

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