When PM praised Pranab to the skies

December 21, 2011 13:04

While giving the K Karunakaran Award to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the capital today, the PM showered praise on him, saying, "There are few people in politics today who can match his long and exemplary record of public service."

Equating Mukherjee with former Kerala Chief Minister K Karunakaran, he said, "All those who know him are familiar with his vast knowledge, prodigious memory and capacity for hard work.

"Less well known is that he is an avid reader with an abiding love for history, the arts and culture, not to mention his weakness for Bengali sweets," he said.

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