On Pranab's last day in office, a warm, farewell letter from the PM

August 03, 2017 12:30

Former president Pranab Mukherjee shared a letter he received from Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his last day in office. Expressing his gratitude and admiration towards Pranab Mukherjee, the prime minister in his two-page letter dated 24 July, 2017, said that the former president has always been a father figure to him. Pranab Mukherjee's demitted office on July 25.

The PM told Mukherjee he was more than moved that the two of them "were able to work together with synergy" despite different political ideologies having shaped them. Mukherjee, who said those words "touched" his "heart", has shared PM Modi's letter to him letter on Twitter.

Here's the full text of the letter.

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