India’s Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan spearheaded commemorations for Bharat Ratna Nanaji Deshmukh’s punyatithi, offering pushpanjali at the official residence in New Delhi. The event highlighted the enduring reverence for a man who reshaped rural India.
Radhakrishnan’s X post captured Deshmukh’s essence: a reformer and politician who lived Antyodaya, sacrificing personal ambitions for the lowly. His instrumental role in JP’s Total Revolution amid Emergency resisted authoritarianism, bolstering democracy.
Always remembered fondly for rural development drives, social reforms, and nation-construction fervor, Deshmukh’s footprint is indelible.
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan paid obeisance to the Indian Jana Sangh pioneer, saluting his total dedication to village prosperity, education expansion, and self-dependent societies. ‘Service was his worship,’ Pradhan noted, a guiding light for patriots.
G. Kishan Reddy commemorated the visionary reformer and Bharat Ratna, RSS stalwart whose life advanced rural growth, schooling, and self-reliant hamlets – pure Antyodaya in practice.
Delhi CM Rekha Gupta’s tribute called Deshmukh’s life an immortal inspiration of selfless service and last man’s rise. He shunned power politics for people’s good and integrity, channeling peak political stature into rural autonomy.
Her post illuminated his farsighted ‘Gram Uday se Rashtra Uday’ doctrine, charting self-reliance trajectories. Nanaji’s unyielding simplicity and service ethos perpetually motivates societal contributors.
This collective homage not only celebrates past triumphs but ignites fresh resolve for inclusive growth, echoing Deshmukh’s call to empower from the villages outward.