The Marathon man gets his due

Pranab Mukherjee has been such a permanent fixture in the Congress, it is a wonder how the party will do without him when he moves to Rashtrapati Bhavan. Part of his stature is due to the fact that he is the rare politician who has worked with Indira and Sonia Gandhi, as well as Sanjay and Rajiv. The irony being that of the four Nehru-Gandhi dynasty leaders, his relationship with Rajiv was the most troubled. Yet it is Sonia, Rajiv’s wife, who is sending Pranab to the top of Raisina Hill.

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